Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.

Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.

When it comes to social interaction, the chimpanzees appear to be just as intelligent as we are.

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society. Of course, I'm not saying that you can derive moral rules from nature - that's deriving an ought from an is, as the philosophers say - but you do need to know what kind of animals we are if you want to design a stable society.

It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces.

Science is not inherently good.