A Better Ape: The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made us Human Victor Kumar

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0197600123
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0197600122
• Author(s): Victor Kumar, Richmond Campbell

Humans are moral creatures. Among all life on Earth, we alone experience rich moral emotions, follow complex rules governing how we treat one another, and engage in moral dialogue. But how did human morality evolve? And can humans become morally evolved?

In A Better Ape, Victor Kumar and Richmond Campbell draw on the latest research in the biological and social sciences to explain the key role that morality has played in human evolution. They explore the moral traits that humans share with chimpanzees; how a more complex moral mind enabled Homo sapiens to arise and out-compete other human species; and the place of morality alongside historic revolutions in technology and social organization. Throughout the book, Kumar and Campbell argue that morality co-evolved with intelligence and complex sociality. Morality prevents societal collapse and enables complex knowledge.

Table contents:

Introduction: Morality
I. Moral Apes
1. Altruism
2. Emotions
II. Moral Minds
3. Norms
4. Pluralism
5. Reasoning
III. Moral Cultures
6. Tribes
7. Institutions
IV. Moral Progress
8. Progress
9. Inclusivity
10. Equality
Conclusion: Survival
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

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