A Natural History of Human Morality
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Evolution, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | Michael Tomasello | ISBN: | 9780674915879 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Tomasello |
| ISBN: | 9780674915879 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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 children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.
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 children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.
