The document discusses baboon behavior, noting that behavior is driven by social structures and ecological settings, and that social affiliation is powerful. It suggests creating social conditions where everyone can flourish.

2. BABOON BEHAVIOR
(HUMAN BEHAVIOR)
Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Prof. of Neurology @ Stanford
Behavior is driven by social structures
and ecological settings
Social affiliation is powerful
Creating society with conditions for
everyone to flourish
Rhett Bradbury ///// Directed Research ///// 3rd Presentation ///// “Recent Stuff”

3. CONTEMPORARY
COSMOPOLITAN THEORY
The ideology that all human ethnic groups
belong to a single community based on a
shared morality
Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah
Prof. of Philosophy @ Princeton
The obligation I might have to a foreign
other does not supersede the obligations I
have to those people most familiar to me
If we value the familiar more than the foreign, what
are the consequences?
Estrangement could lead to de-
emphasising the familiar in ethics
by integrating otherness
Rhett Bradbury ///// Directed Research ///// 3rd Presentation ///// “Recent Stuff”

4. INCENTIVE BASED
CHANGE
The environment brings out behaviors
Stimuli "attract" a person towards them
As opposed to the body seeking to reestablish
homeostasis pushing it towards the stimulus
Treats motivation and behavior of the
individual as they are influenced by beliefs
Engaging in activities that are expected to be profitable
A reward is presented after the
occurrence of an action (i.e. behavior)
with the intent to cause the behavior
to occur again
This repetitive action-reward combination can
cause the action to become habit
In 1973, Maslow described cognitive reinforcers as
being the ‘golden pineapple’
Rhett Bradbury ///// Directed Research ///// 3rd Presentation ///// “Recent Stuff”

5. Rhett Bradbury ///// Directed Research ///// 3rd Presentation ///// “Recent Stuff”