Robert Wright The Moral Animal Why We Are, the Way We Are The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology 1995

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2、hatdeserveswidedebate."—BostonGlobeIsmonogamynaturalformen?Forwomen?Wheredoessiblingrivalrycomefrom?Whydoparentsfavorsomechildrenoverothers?Whatevolutionaryadvantagesmightcomefromhavinglowself-esteem?Whatare—thebiologicalrootsofself-deception?TheseareamongthequestionsthathavemadeTheMoral

3、Animaloneofthemostprovocativesciencebooksinrecentyears,aswellasoneofthemostgenuinelyimportant.Ashepresentsthelatestfindingsintheemergingfieldofevolutionarypsychology—whichviewshumanbehaviorinlightofDarwiniantheory—RobertWrightunveilstheunconsciousstrategiesthatshapeourromanticchoices,fam

4、ilialfeelings,friendships,andofficepolitics.Andonadeeperlevel,thisbookcompelsustorethinkourmostbasicmoralassumptions,withlastingimplicationsforourpublicpolicyaswellasforourintimatedailyactions."Thiscleverandstimulatingbookisdestinedtobecomeaclassic....LikeCharlesDarwin'sOntheOriginofSpec

5、iesandRichardDawkins'sTheSelfishGene,itcouldwellchangethewaypeoplethinkandfeelabouttheirlives—perhapsevenhowtheybehave....Thebookispackedwithinsightintomanycurrentdilemmas.Itis,intothebargain,anintellectualentertainmentarguedwithwitandstyle."—THEECONOMISTCHOSENBYTHENEWYORKTIMESASONEOFTHE

6、BESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARAcclaimforRobertWright'sTHEMORALANIMAL"Afeastofgreatthinkingandwritingaboutthemostprofoundissuesthereare,andatreatforanythinkingperson....Lucidlyexplainsourunderstandingoftheevolutionofhumanmoralsentimentsanddrawsoutprovocativeimplicationsforsexual,family,officeandsocie

7、talpolitics....Mr.Wrightwriteswithaconsistent,irreverentwitthatdoesnothideaheartfeltseriousnessofpurpose."—StevenPinkerTheNewYorkTimesBookReview"Thenewfieldofevolutionarypsychology—whichseekstoexplainhumanbehavior,thoughtandemotionsintermsofDarwinianevolution—findsitsmost