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The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are
Robert Wright
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Description for The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are
Paperback. * A lucid and provocative study of the ground-breaking new science of evolutionary psychology. Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: PSAJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
THE MORAL ANIMAL examines the significance of this extraordinary shift in our perception of morality and what it means to be human.
Taking the life of Charles Darwin as his context, Robert Wright brilliantly demonstrates how Darwin's ideas have stood the test of time, drawing startling conclusions about the structure of some of our most basic preoccupations. Why do we commit adultery, express suicidal tendencies and have the capacity for self-deception? Wright not only provides the answers to such fundamental moral questions from the perspective of evolutionary psychology but challenges us to see ourselves anew through the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349107042
SKU
V9780349107042
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About Robert Wright
Robert Wright has written extensively for ATLANTIC MONTHLY, NEW YORKER and TIME magazine and currently works as a senior editor at THE NEW REPUBLIC. His latest book, NON-ZERO, is also published by Abacus. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and family.
Reviews for The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are
THE MORAL ANIMAL overturns old ways of thinking.
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
This is not a book of breathless reportage from some frontier of science; it is an eye-opening, thought-provoking, spine-tingling, mind-boggling, wish-I-had-thought-of-that sort of science book.
TLS
A damn good book.
THE TIMES
Anyone who finds the human race a bit of a puzzle ... Read more
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
This is not a book of breathless reportage from some frontier of science; it is an eye-opening, thought-provoking, spine-tingling, mind-boggling, wish-I-had-thought-of-that sort of science book.
TLS
A damn good book.
THE TIMES
Anyone who finds the human race a bit of a puzzle ... Read more