| Description |
x, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell public philosophy series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions -- Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems -- The evolution of moral religions -- Setting the task -- The evolution of the religious mind -- Conceptualizing the almighty -- The moral function of gods -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism -- Setting the task -- Constructing Yahweh -- TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation -- Conclusion: The evolved law -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity -- Setting the task -- Constructing the Christ -- Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew? -- The third race : Christians as in-group -- Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment -- Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek -- Religion, violence, and the evolved mind -- Setting the task -- Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism -- The blood of the Lamb -- A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01 -- Religion evolving -- Setting the task -- Varieties of religious expressions -- If there were no God -- Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment -- Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals. |
| Subject |
Religious ethics.
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Violence -- Religious aspects.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Cognitive psychology.
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| ISBN |
1405183810 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405183826 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1405183829 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781405183819 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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