The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.

The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.

Scientists are supposed to study animals in a totally objective fashion, similar to the way we inspect a rock or measure the circumference of a tree trunk. Emotions are not to interfere with the assessment. The animal-rights movement capitalizes on this perception, depicting scientists as devoid of compassion.