Frans de Waal

Broschiertes Buch

Primates and Philosophers

How Morality Evolved

Herausgegeben von Macedo, Stephen; Ober, Josiah

Beschreibung

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 primato

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.

Produktdetails

• The University Center for Human Values Series
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9780691169163
• ISBN-10: 0691169160
• Artikelnr.: 43707343

Rezensionen

De Waal is one of the world's foremost authorities on nonhuman primates, and his thoughtful contribution to Primates and Philosophers is enriched by decades of close observation of their behavior. . . . He argues that humans are like their closest evolutionary kin in being moral by nature. . . . [A]n impressively well-focused collection of essays.--John Gray, New York Review of Books