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Good Natured - The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (Paperback, Revised)
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Good Natured - The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (Paperback, Revised)
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To observe a dog's guilty look. to witness a gorilla's
self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's
communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals in
certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there he a code of
ethics in the animal kingdom? Must an animal be human to he humane?
In this provocative book, a renowned scientist takes on those who
have declared ethics uniquely human Making a compelling case for a
morality grounded in biology, he shows how ethical behavior is as
much a matter of evolution as any other trait, in humans and
animals alike. World famous for his brilliant descriptions of
Machiavellian power plays among chimpanzees-the nastier side of
animal life--Frans de Waal here contends that animals have a nice
side as well. Making his case through vivid anecdotes drawn from
his work with apes and monkeys and holstered by the intriguing,
voluminous data from his and others' ongoing research, de Waal
shows us that many of the building blocks of morality are natural:
they can he observed in other animals. Through his eyes, we see how
not just primates but all kinds of animals, from marine mammals to
dogs, respond to social rules, help each other, share food, resolve
conflict to mutual satisfaction, even develop a crude sense of
justice and fairness. Natural selection may be harsh, but it has
produced highly successful species that survive through cooperation
and mutual assistance. De Waal identifies this paradox as the key
to an evolutionary account of morality, and demonstrates that human
morality could never have developed without the foundation of
fellow feeling our species shares with other animals. As his work
makes clear, a morality grounded in biology leads to an entirely
different conception of what it means to he human--and humane.
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