Morals

I thought this article gave a really good understanding of the way humans behave and the difference between each individual. Our morality of good and evil varies from one another, yet the concept is the same for all of us. For example, in the article it talked about the way we as humans are capable of dumbfounding kindness. One minute we need someone the next minute we are stabbing that person in the back. For some reason, this act of kindness will always lead to meanness towards a person.
The Moral Ape concluded that the give-and-take process is the same as humans. However, I didn't get a very good understanding of the empathy in animals (First paragraph on the third page). I understand the 'I feel your pain' scenario, but I don't understand the experiment they used. How could they put stimulants into someone to feel someone elses pain. I don't know I am really confused about that part.
I really enjoyed reading about the scenario that of the trolley dilemma. Saving someone versus killing someone is combined to a 5 to 1 ratio and to save the 5 people you are faced with a choice to kill one person. Some people, cannot make that decision. For me, I think I would be able to make the decision of killing 1 innocent man in order to save 5 lives. It's hard to think about and say that I would when I haven't been put in that situation. And it may be completely different when you're actually under the pressure to choose at that moment could be different.
I believe the article on How We Stay Good. "It's the people around us who do that teaching." Our surroundings change us every day and make us who we are; good and evil.