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The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow

The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule Softcover - 2004

by Shermer, Michael

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Psychologist and science historian Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates, how and why morality motivates the human animal, and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence.

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New York: Henry Holt & Company. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 350 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.
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  • Title The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
  • Author Shermer, Michael
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used -
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Henry Holt & Company, New York
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BIB314168
  • ISBN 9780805077698 / 0805077693
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethics, Evolutionary, Evolution (Biology) - Moral and ethical
  • Dewey Decimal Code 171.7

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In one of the most starkly honest and existentially penetrating statements ever made by a scientist, Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins opined that "the universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."

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About the author

Michael Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Science of Good and Evil, The Mind Of The Market, Why Darwin Matters, Science Friction, How We Believe and other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, the editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University. He lives in Southern California.

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