Primates and Philosophers
(Sprache: Englisch)
Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations...
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Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, renowned primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" genes and reinforcing our habit of labeling ethical behavior as humane and the less civilized as animalistic. Seeking the origin of human morality not in evolution but in human culture, science insists that we are moral by choice, not by nature.
Autoren-Porträt von Frans De Waal
Frans de Waal is the C. H. Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Center in Atlanta.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Frans De Waal
- 2016, 232 Seiten, 9 Abbildungen, Maße: 13,9 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Stephen Macedo, Josiah Ober
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691169160
- ISBN-13: 9780691169163
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
De Waal is one of the world's foremost authorities on nonhuman primates, and his thoughtful contribution to Primates and Philosophers is enriched by decades of close observation of their behavior. . . . He argues that humans are like their closest evolutionary kin in being moral by nature. . . . [A]n impressively well-focused collection of essays.--John Gray, New York Review of Books
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