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#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

Modern Wisdom

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Is There a Good or Bad Emotion?

Shame is self-flagellation about transgressing a moral norm that maybe even nobody else knew about. It's an internal police system that doesn't require the law or legislation and the police to come around. Anger can motivate people to fight against injustice, hold people responsible in their interpersonal relationships. If you don't feel anger at your wife or your husband, unless they're a perfect moral being, you're probably not going to have a functioning relationship.

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