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The science of good and evil : why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule / Michael Shermer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Times Books, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0805075208
  • 9780805075205
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 171/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ 1311  S553s 2004
Other classification:
  • 08.38
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue : one long argument -- I. 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 -- II. 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BJ 1311 S553s 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000065296

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

Prologue : one long argument -- I. 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 -- II. 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.

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