Human Morality and Sociality: Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780230238008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 280 str.

Henrik Hogh-Olesen

Opis

This stimulating and thought-provoking reader brings together articles that explore all aspects of human morality and sociality from an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Throughout, six leading figures ask, what are the particular behaviors, social and moral practices and underlying psychological processes that make us human?"

Spis treści

Human Mind Human Kind An introduction; H.Høgh-Olesen .- Born Bad? Evaluating the Case Against the Evolution of Morality; D.L.Krebs.- Morality and its 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 in mind: 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.

O autorze

HENRIK HOGH-OLESEN is Professor in Social and Personality Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is also the Co-editor of Journal of Anthropological Psychology.

Blurb

Human nature is enigmatic. Are we cruel, selfish creatures or good merciful Samaritans? This book takes you on a journey into the complexities of human mind and kind, from altruism, sharing, and large-scale cooperation, to cheating, distrust, and warfare. What are the building blocks of morality and sociality?

Featuring contributions from leading researchers, such as Christophe Boesch, Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, Azar Gat, Dennis Krebs, Ara Norenzayan, and Frans B. M. de Waal, this fascinating interdisciplinary reader draws on evolutionary and comparative perspectives, and is essential reading for any students interested in the unique characteristics that define humanity and society.