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The evolution of morality and religion /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The evolution of morality and religion // Donald M. Broom.
remainder title:	The Evolution of Morality & Religion
Author:	Broom, Donald M.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Ethics, Evolutionary. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511610226
ISBN:	9780511610226 (ebook)

The evolution of morality and religion /
Broom, Donald M.,

The evolution of morality and religion /The Evolution of Morality & ReligionDonald M. Broom. - 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Accepted codes of conduct and established religions are features of human societies throughout the world. Why should this be? In this 2003 book, biologist Donald Broom argues that these aspects of human culture have evolved as a consequence of natural selection; that morally acceptable behaviour benefits the humans and other animals and that a principal function of religion is to underpin and encourage such behaviour. The author provides biological insights drawn especially from work on animal behaviour and presents ideas and information from the fields of philosophy and theology to produce a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary treatment. Scientists who read this book will gain an appreciation of the wider literature on morality and religion, and non-scientists will benefit from the author's extensive knowledge of the biological mechanisms underlying the behaviour of humans and other social animals.

ISBN: 9780511610226 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

570466
Ethics, Evolutionary.

LC Class. No.: BJ1311 / .B72 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 171/.7

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