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

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Author / Creator:Boehm, Christopher.
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Description:vii, 418 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8849376
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ISBN:9780465020485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0465020488 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465029198 (e-book)
0465029191 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of 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
  • Humanity's moral future.