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Do good guys finish last? Did we evolve to look out for number one?
Are we bad by nature? At first glance, the theory of evolution
seems to imply that all organisms are evolved to be selfish. In
this book, evolutionary psychologist Dennis Krebs explains how
virtuous behaviors such as altruism, justice, honesty, loyalty,
self-control, purity, and respect for authority, have evolved in
humans and other species. He argues that the key to solving puzzles
of morality—such as what it is, how we acquire moral traits, why
we sometimes behave badly, and how we make moral decisions—lies
in figuring out what adaptive functions moral traits served in
early human environments and how they are influenced by social
learning, culture, and strategic social interactions in the modern
world. Arguing that the primary function of virtuous behaviors is
to enable individuals to advance their own interests and examining
the moral decision-making mechanisms that evolved to serve these
functions, this book considers the "new brain" mechanisms that are
unique to humans and "old brain" mechanisms that we share with
other species, illuminating how these work in conjunction with each
other to guide our moral choices. Survival of the Virtuous is
accessibly written for academic and scholarly readers interested in
understanding how moral traits evolved in the human species.
The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International
Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and
international titles in a single resource. Its International Law
component features works of some of the great legal theorists,
including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf,
Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among
others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three
world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the
George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law
Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Harvard Law School
LibraryLP2H005560018820101The Making of Modern Law: Primary
Sources, Part IIPottsville, PA: Miners' Journal Book and Job
Office, 1882123 p. 8voUnited States
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work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
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