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Moral origins : the evolution of virtue, altruism, and shame / Christopher Boehm.

By: Publication details: New York : Basic Books, c2012.Description: vii, 418 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780465020485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0465020488 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1311 .B645 2012
Contents:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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