The Importance of Morality

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"I'm horrified, but no big deal," he says. "There's nothing genetic that would prevent me from being able to say [Shibboleth]." He was talking about the way genes play a role in how we think and accept morality. 'If I am raised in a different culture, I as a genetic person, will have different views'

Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our desires. Can we change what we want? And how should economists and normal human beings think about doing the right thing, what we often call morality? Is acting morally self-interested behavior or is it possible to act selflessly?