Tag: Hauser
Morals Without God?
By FRANS DE WAAL October 17, 2010.
Print: New York Times Opinionator
Frans de Waal examines how the behavior of primates sheds light on the origins of the sense of right and wrong in human beings.
Harvard Finds Scientist Guilty of Misconduct
By NICHOLAS WADE August 20, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Marc Hauser, a leading researcher in animal and human cognition at Harvard University, has been found of scientific misconduct.
Expert on Morality Is on Leave After Research Inquiry
By NICHOLAS WADE August 13, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Marc Hauser, a Harvard academic who gained prominence with the publication of a book on the biological origin of morality, has gone on leave after an investigation by the university into problems with his research.
Morals don’t come from God
By Philip Ball February 22, 2010.
Print: Nature
The finding that religion scarcely influences moral intuition undermines the idea that a godless society will be immoral, says Philip Ball. Whether it ‘explains’ religion is another matter.
