Morality

Thanks to Blaine Simpson for the link!

Reposted from:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28

scalesShow #203
Friday, April 28, 2006

Reairs November 12 at 5pm on 93.9 FM

Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas, watch chimps at a primate research center share blackberries, observe a playgroup of 3 year-olds fighting over toys, and tour the country's first penitentiary, Eastern State Prison. Also: the story of land grabbing, indentured servitude and slum lording in the fourth grade.


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