Beyond bad : how obsolete morals are holding us back
Paley, Chris2021
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Morality is the driving force in every story worth your time: Cinderella to Crime and Punishment; Macbeth to Breaking Bad. Morality's what we're doing when we shout at the telly, gossip about our boss or leave comments online. It's held empires together, kept soldiers marching under fire, fed the hungry, passed laws, built walls, welcomed immigrants, destroyed careers and governed our sex lives. But what if morality's all meaningless rubbish, a malfunctioning relic of our evolutionary past? This is the provocative argument that Chris makes. This isn't an attack on one set of moral codes or one way of thinking about ethics: it's a call for abolishing the whole caboodle. He uses evolutionary psychology to show how and why morality emerged - to help tribes and other small groups survive and prosper.
Main title:
Beyond bad : how obsolete morals are holding us back / Chris Paley.
Author:
Paley, Chris, author
Imprint:
London : Coronet, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781529327090 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
170170 PALE170 PAL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1142875
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