Posted: Sep 02, 2012 3:53 pm
zoon wrote:DavidMcC wrote:GrahamH (er, zoon#2148) wrote:In what respects would you say that wolves (as an example of non-primate social mammals) do not have a moral code, while chimps (as an example of social primates) do have a moral code? Both species operate in groups, with a clear hierarchy.
Where did I say that ONLY social primates have moral codes? I was only giving the social primates as an EXAMPLE where there is the strongest evidence that I KNOW OF of it. You often read things into my posts that I did not say.
GrahamH isn’t to be accused of that one, it was my post #2148, which doesn’t seem to have been moved by any rogue mods so far. I gather we are in agreement that there is a continuum of behaviour which is similar to aspects of human moral behaviour in different animal species, with the primates, especially chimps and bonobos, being most like us? Is it your view that free will likewise appears gradually, something that reptiles have less of and mammals have more of, rather than an all or nothing matter?
No, that was not the post. It was definitely one of Graham's that got altered to "raise the temperature".