Templeton Foundation - 2010 Conversation: Frans de Waal and Carl Zimmer

A Templeton Foundation conversation between Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, and Carl Zimmer, Discover magazine. For more information about Templeton Book Forum events, please visit their site.

Clip 1: Chimpanzees, aggression, and reconciliation


Clip 2: Cucumbers versus grapes—and the idea of fairness


Clip 3: The origins of empathy in maternal care


Clip 4: Alpha male to the rescue


Clip 5: The neuroscience of compassion


Clip 6: Empathy as a physiological response


Clip 7: Good Samaritans in a hurry


Clip 8: Social Darwinism and the lessons of evolution


Clip 9: The dark side of empathy

Tags: Frans de Waal, The Age of Empathy, Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, Carl Zimmer, Discover magazine, Templeton Book Forum, Templeton Foundation, 2010