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Good natured the origins of right and wrong in humans and other animals
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- ISBN: 9780674356603 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0674356608 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0674033175 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780674033177 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
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electronic resource - Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
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| General Note: | CatMonthString:mar.13 CatBulkString:mar.15.13 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-279) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Chapter 1: Darwinian dilemmas -- Survival of the unfittest -- Biologicizing morality -- Calvinist sociobiology -- A broader view -- The invisible grasping organ -- Ethology and ethics -- Photo essay: closeness -- Chapter 2: Sympathy -- Warm blood in cold waters -- Special treatment of the handicapped -- Responses to injury and death -- Having broad nails -- The social mirror -- Lying and aping apes -- Simian sympathy -- A world without compassion -- Photo essay: cognition and empathy -- Chapter 3: Rank and order -- A sense of social regularity -- The monkey's behind -- Guilt and shame -- Unruly youngsters -- The blushing primate -- Two genders, two moralities? -- Umbilical versus confrontational bonds -- Primus intter Pares -- Chapter 4: Quid pro quo -- The less-than-golden rule -- Mobile meals -- At the circle's center -- A concept of giving -- Testing for reciprocity -- From revenge to justice -- Photo essay: Help from a friend -- Chapter 5: Getting alone -- The social cage -- The relational model -- Peacemaking -- Rope walking -- Baboon testimony -- Draining the behavioral sink -- Community concern -- Photo essay: War and peace -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- What does it take to be moral? -- Floating pyramids -- A hole in the head -- Notes. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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