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

Modern Wisdom

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The Relationship Between Moral Anger and Honor Cultures

In honor cultures, people are more likely to feel anger in response to perceived insults or threats. The explanation is that they were goat herders whose property could be easily stolen. And so what you needed to be like in these honor cultures is you needed to get angry when people insulted or threatened you because if you didn't, people would think you're weak and take your property.

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