The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code - Couverture rigide

McCullough, Michael E.

 
9780465064748: The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code
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ISBN 10 : 0465064744 ISBN 13 : 9780465064748
Editeur : Basic Books, 2020

Synopsis


"A fine achievement."--Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save and The Most Good You Can Do

A sweeping psychological history of human goodness -- from the foundations of evolution to the modern political and social challenges humanity is now facing.

How did humans, a species of self-centered apes, come to care about others? Since Darwin, scientists have tried to answer this question using evolutionary theory. In The Kindness of Strangers, psychologist Michael E. McCullough shows why they have failed and offers a new explanation instead. From the moment nomadic humans first settled down until the aftermath of the Second World War, our species has confronted repeated crises that we could only survive by changing our behavior. As McCullough argues, these choices weren't enabled by an evolved moral sense, but with moral invention -- driven not by evolution's dictates but by reason.

Today's challenges -- climate change, mass migration, nationalism -- are some of humanity's greatest yet. In revealing how past crises shaped the foundations of human concern, The Kindness of Strangers offers clues for how we can adapt our moral thinking to survive these challenges as well.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael McCullough is a professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego. The winner of numerous distinctions for his research and writing, he is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He lives in La Jolla, California.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0465064744
ISBN 13 
9780465064748
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781786078186: The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  178607818X ISBN 13 :  9781786078186
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2020
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