The Biology of Moral Systems (Foundations of Human Behavior) by Richard Alexander - 1987-06-02

Routledge, 1987. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Paperback / softback. New. Despite wide acceptance that the attributes of living creatures have appeared through a cumulative evolutionary process guided chiefly by natural selection, many human activities have seemed analytically inaccessible through such an approach. Prominent evolutionary biologists, for example, have described morality as contrary to the direction of biological evolution, and moral philosophers rarely regard evolution as relevant to their discussions.The Biology of Moral Systems adopts the position that moral questions arise out of conflicts of interest, and that moral systems are ways of using confluences of interest at lower levels of social organization to deal with conflicts of interest at higher levels. Moral systems are described as systems of indirect reciprocity: humans gain and lose socially and reproductively not only by direct transactions, but also by the reputations they gain from the everyday flow of social interactions.The author develops a general theory of human… Read More

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Aldine Transaction, 1987-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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Aldine Transaction. paperback. New. 96x11x144. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

AldineTransaction, 1987. Paperback. New. 324 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches.