Our moral fate : evolution and the escape from tribalism / Allen Buchanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchanan, Allen E., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--History.

Ethics.

History.

Progress--Moral and ethical aspects.

Progress.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The subject of this book is moral change, including moral progress and regression. The intention is to use the best thinking about the evolution of morality and the best available social science research to determine the possibilities for progressive change in human moralities by examining important morally progressive changes that have already occurred, in order to determine the social conditions that are conducive to moral progress"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Darwinians' un-Darwinian dogmas, or how not to think about morality

Large-scale moral change: the shift toward inclusive moralities

The big puzzle: how could a tribalistic Great Ape species ever develop inclusive moralities?

Failed attempts to solve the big puzzle: cooperation is not enough

Revisionist prehistory: getting the moral origins story right

The first piece of the puzzle: surplus reproductive success

Solving the big puzzle: how surplus reproductive success led to the great uncoupling of morality from fitness

Turning back the moral clock: regression to tribalistic morality

Intrasocietal tribalism and the evolutionary roots of ideology

Taking charge of our moral fate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262043748

0262043742

OCLC:

1112129172