Good natured
Subtitle: the origins of right and wrong in humans and other animals
By: Frans de Waal
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780674356603
Subjects: Animal behavior; Etologia animal; Human behavior; Comportement humain; Comportement social des animaux; Verhaltenspsychologie; Morale évolutionniste; Goed en kwaad; Gedrag; Evolutionäre Ethik; Primaten; Comportamento social animal; Evolucao humana; Evolutionary Ethics; Verhaltensforschung; Ethics
Description: Waal shows how ethical behavior is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Chapter 1: Darwinian dilemmas; title: Survival of the unfittest; title: Biologicizing morality; title: Calvinist sociobiology; title: A broader view; title: The invisible grasping organ; title: Ethology and ethics; title: Photo essay: closeness; title: Chapter 2: Sympathy; title: Warm blood in cold waters; title: Special treatment of the handicapped; title: Responses to injury and death; title: Having broad nails; title: The social mirror; title: Lying and aping apes; title: Simian sympathy; title: A world without compassion; title: Photo essay: cognition and empathy; title: Chapter 3: Rank and order; title: A sense of social regularity; title: The monkey's behind; title: Guilt and shame; title: Unruly youngsters; title: The blushing primate; title: Two genders, two moralities?; title: Umbilical versus confrontational bonds; title: Primus intter Pares; title: Chapter 4: Quid pro quo; title: The less-than-golden rule; title: Mobile meals; title: At the circle's center; title: A concept of giving; title: Testing for reciprocity; title: From revenge to justice; title: Photo essay: Help from a friend; title: Chapter 5: Getting alone; title: The social cage; title: The relational model; title: Peacemaking; title: Rope walking; title: Baboon testimony; title: Draining the behavioral sink; title: Community concern; title: Photo essay: War and peace; title: Chapter 6: Conclusions; title: What does it take to be moral?; title: Floating pyramids; title: A hole in the head; title: Notes.