We Are All Ninjas

Authors

  • Maria de Lourdes Borges Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, S. C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2014v13n1p167

Abstract

In this paper I ask whether sympathy, solidarity, and empathy are hard wired in our human brain. I will discuss one the thesis of evolutionary ethics, that is, that empathy and sympathy are innate. I ask whether these are natural /innate features of human beings and other animals, such as primates. I investigate whether there is a natural altruistic behavior and a natural tendency to solidarity. I claim that we have already sufficient empirical data to accept one aspect of an evolutionary ethics, which claims that at least some features of our morality, comes to us naturally.

Author Biography

Maria de Lourdes Borges, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, S. C.

Possui graduação em Física pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1984) , especialização em DEA Philosophie pela Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (1991) , mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1990) , doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1996) , pós-doutorado pela University of Pennsylvania (2000) e pós-doutorado pela Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (2007) . Atualmente é Professor Associado da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e Secretária de Cultura e Arte da UFSC da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia , com ênfase em Ética.

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Published

2014-06-16

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2014)

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