Moral origins : the evolution of virtue, altruism, and shame / Christopher Boehm.
2012
155.7 B671m 2012
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Title
Moral origins : the evolution of virtue, altruism, and shame / Christopher Boehm.
Author
ISBN
9780465020485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0465020488 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465029198 (e-book)
0465029191 (e-book)
0465020488 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465029198 (e-book)
0465029191 (e-book)
Imprint
New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Language
English
Description
vii, 418 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
155.7 B671m 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)657595623
(OCoLC)657595623
(OCoLC)657595623
Summary
A noted anthropologist explains how our sense of ethics has changed over the course of human evolution.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Darwin's inner voice
Living the virtuous life
Of altruism and free riders
Knowing our immediate predecessors
Resurrecting some venerable ancestors
A natural Garden of Eden
The positive side of social selection
Learning morals across the generations
Work of the moral majority
Pleistocene ups, downs, and crashes
Testing the selection-by-reputation hypothesis
The evolution of morals
Epilogue: humanity's moral future.
Living the virtuous life
Of altruism and free riders
Knowing our immediate predecessors
Resurrecting some venerable ancestors
A natural Garden of Eden
The positive side of social selection
Learning morals across the generations
Work of the moral majority
Pleistocene ups, downs, and crashes
Testing the selection-by-reputation hypothesis
The evolution of morals
Epilogue: humanity's moral future.
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