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The evolution of morality and religion /

Biologist Donald Broom argues that morality and the central components of religion are of great value, and presents two central ideas: that morality has a biological foundation and has evolved as a consequence of natural selection, and secondly, that religions are essentially structures underpinning...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broom, Donald M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Concepts and codes of living
  • Cooperation, altruism, reciprocal altruism
  • Biological capabilities needed for altruism and morality
  • Ideas about morality
  • The origins and value of religion
  • Other views about the origins of morality and religion
  • Social and political consequences of this biological view of morality and religion.