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A Better Ape - The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made us Human (Hardcover)
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A Better Ape - The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How it Made us Human (Hardcover)
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Humans are moral creatures. Among all life on Earth, we alone
experience rich moral emotions, follow complex rules governing how
we treat one another, and engage in moral dialogue. But how did
human morality evolve? And can humans become morally evolved? In A
Better Ape, Victor Kumar and Richmond Campbell draw on the latest
research in the biological and social sciences to explain the key
role that morality has played in human evolution. They explore the
moral traits that humans share with chimpanzees; how a more complex
moral mind enabled Homo sapiens to arise and out-compete other
human species; and the place of morality alongside historic
revolutions in technology and social organization. Throughout the
book, Kumar and Campbell argue that morality co-evolved with
intelligence and complex sociality. Morality prevents societal
collapse and enables complex knowledge. After unearthing the
ancient origins of human morality, Kumar and Campbell use
evolutionary theory to deliver profound insights about how to
advance moral progress and resist moral regress, such as reducing
animal suffering on industrial farms; capitalizing on the recent
revolution in gay rights to foster a nascent revolution in
transgender rights; opposing intersectional inequality that impacts
women and people of color in lower socioeconomic classes; and
addressing major problems of global inequality, especially
impending crises of injustice caused by anthropogenic climate
change. Understanding how we evolved-and how we continue to
evolve-can help us become a better ape.
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