Chimps and Uncomfortable Questions About Morality!

It's kind of a pity that Light Years gets shoved in a corner of CNN that very rarely sees the light of day. Same for Schools of Thought. Anyway, there's a cool interview with Dr. Frans de Waal about his work with chimps. Frans was apparently one of Time's most important people in 2007, because people love chimps and watching them perform shenanigans for researchers. Yes, they're all furry jerks, but they empathize and show reciprocity, which apparently makes some religious figures and philosophers uncomfortable. So, skim those copies of The Origin or The Republic, and go start an internet fight! He also has a great TED Talk (below) about ethics in primates and various other mammals. There are monkeys and elephants.