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xx, 271 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Darwinians' un-Darwinian dogmas, or how not to think about morality -- Large-scale moral change: the shift toward inclusive moralities -- The big puzzle: how could a tribalistic Great Ape species ever develop inclusive moralities? -- Failed attempts to solve the big puzzle: cooperation is not enough -- Revisionist prehistory: getting the moral origins story right -- The first piece of the puzzle: surplus reproductive success -- Solving the big puzzle: how surplus reproductive success led to the great uncoupling of morality from fitness -- Turning back the moral clock: regression to tribalistic morality -- Intrasocietal tribalism and the evolutionary roots of ideology -- Taking charge of our moral fate. |
| Summary |
"The subject of this book is moral change, including moral progress and regression. The intention is to use the best thinking about the evolution of morality and the best available social science research to determine the possibilities for progressive change in human moralities by examining important morally progressive changes that have already occurred, in order to determine the social conditions that are conducive to moral progress"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Ethics -- History.
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Progress -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
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Progress -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01078727
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780262043748 (hardcover) |
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0262043742 (hardcover) |
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9780262357876 (electronic book) |
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