The evolution of morality and religion / Donald M. Broom.

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Broom, Donald M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511061951
9780511061950
0511170424
9780511170423
0511070411
9780511070419
051161022X
9780511610226
9780521529242
0521529247
1107136733
9781107136731
1280430958
9781280430954
0511206321
9780511206320
0511297491
9780511297496

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evolution of morality and religion.DDC classification:

171/.7 22

LOC classification:

BJ1311 .B72 2003eb

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11.01
CC 7200
MR 7200
5,1

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 morality.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-245) and indexes.

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 morality.