Human morality and sociality: evolutionary and comparative perspectives

This stimulating reader addresses all aspects of human morality and socialityfrom an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Authored by six leading researchers, it discusses both the 'good' and 'bad' sides of humanity and delves into the particular behaviours, social and moral practices, and underlying psychological processes that make us human. INDICE: Human Mind - Human Kind - An introduction; H.Høgh-Olesen Born Bad?Evaluating the Case Against the Evolution of Morality; D.L.Krebs Morality andits Relation to Primate Social Instincts; F.B.M.de Waal Why We Believe: Religion as a Human Universal; A.Norenzayan Evolutionary Psychology and Criminal Justice: A recalibrational Theory of Punishment and Reconciliation; M.B.Petersen, A.Sell, J.Tooby& L.Cosmides Patterns of Chimpanzee's Intergroup Violence; C.Boesch The Causes of War in Natural and Historical Evolution; A. Gat Groups inmind: The Coalitionary Roots of War and Morality; J.Tooby& L.Cosmides Homo sapiens - Homo socious: A Comparative Analysis of Human Mind and Kind; H.Høgh-Olesen -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23800-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés