Morality: A Natural History

Morality: A Natural History
Author :
Publisher : FriesenPress
Total Pages : 404
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781525537301
ISBN-13 : 152553730X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Morality: A Natural History by : Roger V. Moseley

Download or read book Morality: A Natural History written by Roger V. Moseley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is morality and what is the source of our moral ideas? Philosophers have explored these questions for centuries, suggesting that both emotion and reason play roles but failing to explain how and why Homo sapiens developed these ideas. Author Roger Moseley argues that evolutionary forces that optimize human welfare provide the missing explanation. Morality: A Natural History presents a multi-disciplinary analysis of the topic and reveals a common thread among the seemingly diverse fields of religion, neuroscience, experimental psychology and game theory, child development, evolution and animal behavior, and anthropology and sociology. When humans first appeared, a simple self-interested survival morality sufficed. As societies became more complex, however, rules of behavior became necessary to limit conflict and promote cooperation. The brain evolved, producing language that allowed the articulation of moral ideas which were codified and enforced by religion and social forces. No species lasts forever, and it is at our peril today that we neglect those evolved moral values of cooperation, altruism, truthfulness, and empathy. Rooted in scientific evidence and interspersed with personal anecdotes and humorous observations, Moseley provides a unique perspective on the natural history of morality – how it appeared, evolved, and continues to evolve today. Morality: A Natural History is essential reading for academics and laypersons alike who seek to understand the origin and essence of human morality.


Morality: A Natural History Related Books

Morality: A Natural History
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Roger V. Moseley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-17 - Publisher: FriesenPress

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What is morality and what is the source of our moral ideas? Philosophers have explored these questions for centuries, suggesting that both emotion and reason pl
A Natural History of Human Morality
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Michael Tomasello
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human
The Evolution of Morality
Language: en
Pages: 285
Authors: Richard Joyce
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-24 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmenta
A Natural History of Human Thinking
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: Michael Tomasello
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the Year A Guardian Top Science Book of the Year Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin,
God and Morality
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: John E. Hare
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-17 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

God and Morality evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. Uses their thinking as the basis fo