Radio Lab, Show 203: Morality

Part of Series Radio Lab
Length 58:59
Licensor WNYC
Producer(s) Jad Abumrad
Formats Documentary, First-person essay, Interview
Topics Art, Historical, Science
Produced October, 2006
Added to PRX September 11, 2006
 

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Summary:

Where does our sense of right and wrong come from?

Website:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host/Producer Jad Abumrad, Co-Host Robert Krulwich, Producer Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor

Timely on:

October 01: The broadcast window for the series is October 06 - October 07

Tones:

Amusing, Edgy, Engaging

Language:

English

Description:

We peer inside the brains of people contemplating moral dilemmas, watch chimps at a primate research center share blackberries, observe a playgroup of 3 year-olds fighting over toys, and tour the country's first penitentiary, Eastern State Prison. Also: the story of land grabbing, indentured servitude and slum lording in the fourth grade.