In the name of God: the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence

Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Malden, Mass. [u.a.] Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: Blackwell public philosophy (9)
Jahr: 2010
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Blackwell public philosophy 9
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Moralische Entwicklung / Religiöse Entwicklung / Evolutionspsychologie / Ethik / Entstehung / Moralpsychologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Violence Religious aspects
B Psychology, Religious
B Evolutionary Psychology
B Religious Ethics
B Cognitive Psychology
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions -- Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems -- The evolution of moral religions -- Setting the task -- The evolution of the religious mind -- Conceptualizing the almighty -- The moral function of gods -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism -- Setting the task -- Constructing Yahweh -- TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation -- Conclusion: The evolved law -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity -- Setting the task -- Constructing the Christ -- Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew? -- The third race : Christians as in-group -- Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment -- Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek -- Religion, violence, and the evolved mind -- Setting the task -- Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism -- The blood of the Lamb -- A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01 -- Religion evolving -- Setting the task -- Varieties of religious expressions -- If there were no God -- Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment -- Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1405183829