The Evolution of Morality

This interdisciplinary collection presents novel theories, includes provocative re-workings of longstanding arguments, and offers a healthy cross-pollination of ideas to the morality literature. Structures, functions, and content of morality are reconsidered as cultural, religious, and political com...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shackelford, Todd K. (Editor), Hansen, Ranald D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Psychological Design and Development
  • The Tripartite Theory of Machiavellian Morality: Judgment, Influence, and Conscience as Distinct Moral Adaptations
  • Morality as Cooperation: A Problem-Centered Approach
  • An Evolving and Developing Field of Study: Prosocial Morality from a Biological, Cultural, and Developmental Perspective
  • Part II: Philosophy and Ethics
  • Evolutionary Awareness: A Metacognitive Framework for Ethics
  • The Containment Problem and the Evolutionary Debunking of Morality
  • Life is Not Good
  • Antinatalism in Biological and Cultural Evolution: Fertility and Suicide
  • Part III: Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology
  • A Comparative Perspective on the Evolution of Moral Behavior
  • Helping Another in Distress: Lessons from Rats
  • Part IV: Religious beliefs and behavior
  • A Moral Guide to Depravity: Religiously-Motivated Violence and Sexual Selection
  • Disentangling Religion and Morality: An Analysis of religiosity in the United States
  • Par