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'THE MORAL ANIMAL overturns old ways of thinking.' - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'This is not a book of breathless reportage from some frontier of science; it is an eye-opening, thought-provoking, spine-tingling, mind- boggling, wish-I-had-thought-of-that sort of science book.' - TLS
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THE MORAL ANIMAL examines the significance of this extraordinary shift in our perception of morality and what it means to be human. Taking the life of Charles Darwin as his context, Robert Wright brilliantly demonstrates how Darwin's ideas have stood the test of time, drawing startling conclusions about the structure of some of our most basic preoccupations. Why do we commit adultery, express suicidal tendencies and have the capacity for self-deception? Wright not only provides the answers to such fundamental moral questions from the perspective of evolutionary psychology but challenges us to see ourselves anew through the clarifying lens of this fledgling and exciting science.
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fascinating theory behind why we are the way we are,
By liamhudson50@hotmail.com (Kent,England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life (Hardcover)
This book sets out the theory that the human brain evolved,like the other organs, not to cope in todays society but in the world as it was thousands of years ago. Going further than the usual "sewing your wild oats" explanations it looks at not only "survival of the fittest" but also how the "best fit for the largest number" might also have effected natural selection and therefore the evolution of the human brain. Written in avery easy style this book does not claim to have all the answers but has the fascinating ring of truth.
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the ideal introduction to evolutionary psychology,
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The Moral Animal is the ideal introduction to evolutionary psychology. It also has some advantages over more technical works like Barkow et al.'s The Adapted Mind: it deals with the political implications (or lack of implications) of evolutionary psychology, and tries to suggest what a new ethics informed by the findings of evolutionary psychology might be. Clear and entertaining but also profound and suggestive.
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Challenging and mind-expanding, if sometimes difficult to swallow,
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Occasionally a book comes along that changes you in a profound way. It's partly the book, partly you, and partly where you are in your life when you read it. For me, this was one of those books.
Robert Wright ranges all over. Sex, marriage, monogomy, families, kin bonding and support, social hierarchy and status, reciprocal altruism, and modern morality. If you are interested in the nature of human behaviour and morality, and what modern genetics has to say about it, this book will tell you. The author doesn't preach. He's very aware that this is a young science and much of what he discusses is speculation. This makes the book stronger: much of it is questions to ponder, not 'truths' to be believed. Open minded rather than didactic. He also thoroughly debunks many of the myths surrounding evolutionary psychology. As a discipline, it has fallen victim to many mis-respresentations. It's a shame that so much of the discussion around it in the media is so off-base and mis-informed. This book is an excellent way to sort the reality from the propaganda. Very highly recommended.
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