You MUST love thy neighbor

Ayn Rand’s popular these days, in part because her denial of any societal obligation is convenient to the right wing’s goals.  Turns out that society may be less of a matter of opinion and more of a matter of biology.  An interesting study from the University of Lincoln suggests we may be biologically hardwired to love our neighbors, or at least that the nearer they are to us the less we want to see them in pain.  Something to talk about over the back fence!