In the name of God: the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence
Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions...
| Published in: | Blackwell public philosophy |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. [u.a.]
Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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| In: |
Blackwell public philosophy (9)
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | Blackwell public philosophy
9 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moral development
/ Religious development
/ Evolutionary psychology
/ Ethics
/ Rise of
/ Moral psychology
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| Further subjects: | B
Violence
Religious aspects
B Psychology, Religious B Evolutionary Psychology B Religious Ethics B Cognitive Psychology |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions -- Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems -- The evolution of moral religions -- Setting the task -- The evolution of the religious mind -- Conceptualizing the almighty -- The moral function of gods -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism -- Setting the task -- Constructing Yahweh -- TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation -- Conclusion: The evolved law -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity -- Setting the task -- Constructing the Christ -- Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew? -- The third race : Christians as in-group -- Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment -- Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek -- Religion, violence, and the evolved mind -- Setting the task -- Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism -- The blood of the Lamb -- A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01 -- Religion evolving -- Setting the task -- Varieties of religious expressions -- If there were no God -- Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment -- Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1405183829 |