If biology is destiny, it is also morality, according to Marc Hauser in MORAL MINDS, which reports on research into humans' innate ability to see and discern moral principles. Our brains, he says, are hard-wired with moral rules in a way similar to Noam Chomsky's theory of the Universal Grammar. Hauser shows evidence that we do not learn morality through nurture; rather, the research indicates that a moral faculty exists prior to its being fine-tuned by environment and experience.

An intellectual exploration of the psychology and biology of morals challenges current opinions to argue that the human race has evolved a universal moral instinct that unconsciously guides individual and collective beliefs about what is right and wrong. 50,000 first printing.

An intellectual exploration of the psychology and biology of morals challenges current opinions to argue that the human race has evolved a universal moral instinct that unconsciously guides individual and collective beliefs about what is right and wrong. 50,000 first printing.