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People try to do right by each other, no matter the motivation, study finds

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FearlessFly 9 June 5
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Most people most of the time, yes.
My being white, male, tall, well-educated, and usually outspoken increases the odds in my favor. I also enjoy telling xians I'm an atheist.

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So we are social animals after all, just like wolves, apes, lions, rabbits killer whales, baboons etc.etc. Wow who would have guessed that we are not so exceptional after all.

And my religious education teacher told me that we were completely different from the more primitive animals, and also that we needed gods instructions to make us moral. Who would ever have guessed he could have been so wrong.

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