12-27-2011, 12:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2011, 12:10 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
An interesting concept on how oxytocin affects morality and ethical behavior. BTW... the simplest way to get one's oxytocin levels up is by light touch.
Here is the article on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/za...index.html
Curious. I wonder why he would have been "roundly discouraged" to further explore this line of research.
And a link to the video on TED.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/paul_za...tocin.html
Here is the article on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/za...index.html
Paul Zak Wrote:About a decade ago, my lab made an unexpected breakthrough in the understanding of good and evil. We discovered that the neurochemical oxytocin makes people trustworthy. We then found oxytocin was responsible for many other moral behaviors, from being generous to sacrificing to help a stranger.
Wait -- morality is chemical? In my TED talk, I describe how I made the unlikely discovery of the moral molecule, how I was roundly discouraged from even looking for such a chemical, and what drove me to persist in my search.
Curious. I wonder why he would have been "roundly discouraged" to further explore this line of research.
And a link to the video on TED.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/paul_za...tocin.html