An edition of The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule (2004)

The science of good and evil

why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule

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An edition of The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule (2004)

The science of good and evil

why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule

1st Owl Books ed.

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  • 5 Want to read

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H. Holt and Co., Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company
Language
English
Pages
350

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Subjects

Evolution (Biology), Moral and ethical aspects of Evolution (Biology), Moral and ethical aspects, Evolutionary Ethics, Ethics, evolutionary
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Cover of: The science of good and evil
The science of good and evil: why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule
2005, H. Holt and Co., Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company
in English - 1st Owl Books ed.
Cover of: The Science of Good and Evil
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
December 9, 2004, Owl Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Science of Good and Evil
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
February 2, 2004, Times Books
Hardcover in English - 1 edition

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Table of Contents

Prologue : one long argument
The origins of morality: Transcendent morality : how evolution ennobles ethics ; Why we are moral : the evolutionary origins of morality ; Why we are immoral : war, violence, and the ignoble savage within ; Master of my fate : making moral choices in a determined universe
A science of provisional ethics: Can we be good without God? : science, religion, and morality ; How we are moral : absolute, relative, and provisional ethics ; How we are immoral : right and wrong and how to tell the difference ; Rise above : tolerance, freedom, and the prospects for humanity
Appendix I: The devil under form of baboon : the evolution of evolutionary ethics
Appendix II: Moral and religious universals as a subset of human universals.

Edition Notes

"An Owl book."

"Published in hardcover by Times Books in 2004"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330) and index.

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Other Titles
Why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule.

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Library of Congress
BJ1311 .S48 2005, BJ1311 .S48 2005, BJ1311.S48 2004, BJ1311 .S48 2005

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Pagination
xii, 350 p. :
Number of pages
350

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OL18237725M
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ISBN 10
0805077693
OCLC/WorldCat
57409915
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77038
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83579

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OL92355W

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