Leonard D. Katz, Editor

This new book brings together recent progress and speculation on the evolutionary origins of different aspects of morality.

Leading primatologist Frans de Waal and coauthor Jessica Flack interpret the evidence for "Darwinian Building Blocks of Morality in Monkeys and Apes." Several primatologists (including Hans Kummer) and psychologist Jerome Kagan question these interpretations, and suggest experiments and perspectives to advance the project.

Christopher Boehm synthesizes social science and biological evidence in his hypothesis of how our hominid ancestors became at once moral and human by establishing purposeful social control over individual behavior. Anthropologist Bruce Knauft and sociologist Donald Black contribute to the discussion.

Philosopher Elliott Sober and evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson summarize their book Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, which argues for the evolution of behavior having altruistic effects and altruistic motives, using and defending Wilson's group selection approach. Thirteen commentators from a broad range of biological, behavioral and social sciences, and philosophy discuss the merits of their views.

Brian Skyrms argues that game theory based on adaptive dynamics must join the social scientist's use of rational choice and classical game theory if fairness and other observed features of human behavior are to be explained. Experimental economists and computational modelers contribute their perspectives and results to the discussion, as does evolutionary psychologist Dennis Krebs.

· ISBN 0-907845-75-4 · Published March 2000 by Imprint Academic · Softbound · 352 pages · $29.90 ·

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