Frans de Waal: Primates and Philosophers

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Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, renowned primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" genes and reinforcing our habit of labeling ethical behavior as humane and the less civilized as animalistic. Seeking the origin of human morality not in evolution but in human culture, science insists that we are moral by choice, not by nature.

Über den Autor

Frans de Waal is the C. H. Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Center in Atlanta.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Grundlagen
Genre:	Biologie , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780691169163
ISBN-10:	0691169160
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	de Waal, Frans
Redaktion:	Macedo, Stephen Ober, Josiah
Hersteller:	Princeton University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 139 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Frans de Waal
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.03.2016
Gewicht:	0,242 kg