Our Moral Fate
Evolution and the Escape from Tribalism
- Hardcover
296 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2020
Summary
A provocative and probing argument showing how human beings can for the first time in history take charge of their moral fate.Is tribalism-the political and cultural divisions between Us and Them-an inherent part of our basic moral psychology? Many scientists link tribalism and morality, arguing that the evolved “moral mind” is tribalistic. Any escape from tribalism, according to this thinking, would be partial and fragile, because it goes against the grain of our nature. In this book, Allen …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262043748 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262043742 |
| Author: | Allen Buchanan |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 562g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Allen Buchanan
Allen Buchanan is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Freedom Center at the University of Arizona and Distinguished Research Fellow at Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Institutionalizing the Just War, The Heart of Human Rights, and twelve other books.
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