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Moral origins : the evolution of virtue, altruism, and shame / Christopher Boehm.

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ISBN	9780465020485 (hbk.)
ISBN	0465020488 (hbk.)
Name	Boehm, Christopher
Title	Moral origins : the evolution of virtue, altruism, and shame / Christopher Boehm.
Published	New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Description	vii, 418 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Darwin's inner voice -- Living the virtuous life -- Of altruism and free riders -- Knowing our immediate predecessors -- Resurrecting some venerable ancestors -- A natural Garden of Eden -- The positive side of social selection -- Learning morals across the generations -- Work of the moral majority -- Pleistocene ups, downs, and crashes -- Testing the selection-by-reputation hypothesis -- The evolution of morals -- Epilogue: humanity's moral future.
Summary	For three decades, genetic altruism has been cited as the dominant theory to explain the paradox of human generosity; experts claim our altruism is limited to close kin. But Moral Origins tells a different story.
Subjects	Ethics, Evolutionary
	Virtue
	Altruism
	Shame
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Altruism . Ethics, Evolutionary . Shame . Virtue . See Also: Charity . Conduct of life . Ethics . Helping behavior . Social ethics . Evolution . Emotions . Guilt . Authors: Boehm, Christopher .