The Evolution of Morality / / edited by Todd K. Shackelford, Ranald D. Hansen

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 150
• Soggetto topico: Personality; Social psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
• Persona (resp. second.): ShackelfordTodd K; HansenRanald D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: 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 -- Part V: Politics, Law, and Game Theory -- The Evolved Functions of Procedural Fairness: An Adaptation for Politics -- Property Law Reflections of a Sense of Right and Wrong -- Game Theory and Morality.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 components are added to the standard biological/environmental mix. Innovative concepts such as the Periodic Table of Ethics and evidence for morality in non-human species illuminate areas for further discussion and research. And some of the book’s contributors question premises we hold dear, such as morality as a product of reason, the existence of moral truths, and the motto “life is good.” Highlights of the coverage: The tripartite theory of Machiavellian morality: judgment, influence, and conscience as distinct moral adaptations. Prosocial morality from a biological, cultural, and developmental perspective. The containment problem and the evolutionary debunking of morality. A comparative perspective on the evolution of moral behavior. A moral guide to depravity: religiously-motivated violence and sexual selection. Game theory and the strategic logic of moral intuitions. The Evolution of Morality makes a stimulating supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in the evolutionary sciences, particularly in psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, political science, religious studies, and philosophy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution of Morality
• ISBN: 3-319-19671-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910254689503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Evolutionary Psychology, . 2197-9898