Nice By Nature Summary
In the article “Nice by nature?”, the author says that certain animals living in a group, alleying tightly in their daily activities like monkeys have a sense of fairness and altruism. To begin with, according to a study in which two capuchin monkeys working together toward a goal tended to enjoy a reward together. They avoided fighting over the reward. If this time the monkey gained the reward, next time the other one would surely gain it. In addition to that, it is interesting to find that the money would accept a lesser reward and let his friend have the better one. Not only that, the moneys have a sense of fairness and are very sensitive to it. For instance, the monkey would threw the cucumber at you if he sees the other receive a delicious
grape. This bahaviour is characteristic of not only moneys, but also dogs, according to the study. All in all, from these study, the author asserts that not only people help each other, but also many animals too