This interdisciplinary collection presents novel theories, includes provocative re-workings of longstanding arguments, and offers a healthy cross-pollination of ideas to the morality literature. Structures, functions, and content of morality are reconsidered as cultural, religious, and political components are added to the standard biological/environmental mix. Innovative concepts such as the Periodic Table of Ethics and evidence for morality in non-human species illuminate areas for further discussion and research. And some of the book’s contributors question premises we hold dear, such as morality as a product of reason, the existence of moral truths, and the motto “life is good.” Highlights of the coverage: * The tripartite theory of Machiavellian morality: judgment, influence, and conscience as distinct moral adaptations. * Prosocial morality from a biological, cultural, and developmental perspective. * The containment problem and the evolutionary debunking of morality. * A comparative perspective on the evolution of moral behavior. * A moral guide to depravity: religiously-motivated violence and sexual selection. * Game theory and the strategic logic of moral intuitions. __The Evolution of Morality__ makes a stimulating supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in the evolutionary sciences, particularly in psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, political science, religious studies, and philosophy Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Tripartite Theory of Machiavellian Morality: Judgment, Influence, and Conscience as Distinct Moral Adaptations....Pages 3-25 Morality as Cooperation: A Problem-Centred Approach....Pages 27-51 An Evolving and Developing Field of Study: Prosocial Morality from a Biological, Cultural, and Developmental Perspective....Pages 53-76 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Evolutionary Awareness: A Metacognitive Framework for Ethics....Pages 79-111 The Containment Problem and the Evolutionary Debunking of Morality....Pages 113-135 Life Is Not Good....Pages 137-140 Antinatalism in Biological and Cultural Evolution: Fertility and Suicide....Pages 141-154 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 A Comparative Perspective on the Evolution of Moral Behavior....Pages 157-176 Helping Another in Distress: Lessons from Rats....Pages 177-194 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 A Moral Guide to Depravity: Religiously Motivated Violence and Sexual Selection....Pages 197-216 Disentangling Religion and Morality: An Analysis of Religiosity in the United States....Pages 217-243 Front Matter....Pages 245-245 The Evolved Functions of Procedural Fairness: An Adaptation for Politics....Pages 247-276 Property Law Reflections of a Sense of Right and Wrong....Pages 277-287 Game Theory and Morality....Pages 289-316 Back Matter....Pages 317-323 Todd K. Shackelford, Ronald D. Hansen (eds.). Poceedings Of Conference Held March 2014 At Oakland University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
