THE KERNEL OF BROOKS' HUMAN KINDNESS AS A SKILL JANUARY 29, 2019

Rats serve as a scientific exemplar of Brooks' style of human morality. 

Rats are Brooks' model of human morality.

The University of Chicago has amassed data to confirm this natural unmediated intuition of Brooks'.

See also:
Henry James Garrett, NYT, December 29, 2018

EMPATHY AND LEARNING ABOUT OTHERS = MORALITY

Empathy is similar both to morality and to kindness.
If there are these synonyms, perhaps there are some more, and doubtless, the number of candidates would expand progressively over time, short or long....

I suggest that a synonym for these, a candidate to add to this now rather short list, would "niceness".

For millenials, the term "coolness" would doubtless be an irresistible lure.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-new-model-of-empathy-the-rat/2011/12/08/gIQAAx0jfO_story.html?utm_term=.d0fef23f6ada

Could this tendency be a symptom of rodent emotional contagion?

The Rousseauesqueness of morality.

Your loyalties are your life...

Sunday, January 27, 2019

BROOKS' RIOTERS YOUR LOYALTIES ARE YOUR LIFE

Smelling one's way toward a theory of ethics and morality.