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In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence
- Title
- In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / John Teehan.
- Author
- Teehan, John.
- Publication
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- x, 272 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Blackwell public philosophy series
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Evolution and mind -- The evolution of morality -- Setting the task -- The moral brain -- The first layer : kin selection -- The second layer : reciprocal altruism -- A third layer : indirect reciprocity -- A fourth layer : cultural group selection -- A fifth layer : the moral emotions -- Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems -- The evolution of moral religions -- Setting the task -- The evolution of the religious mind -- Conceptualizing the almighty -- The moral function of gods -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism -- Setting the task -- Constructing Yahweh -- TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation -- Conclusion: The evolved law -- Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity -- Setting the task -- Constructing the Christ -- Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew? -- The third race : Christians as in-group -- Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment -- Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek -- Religion, violence, and the evolved mind -- Setting the task -- Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism -- The blood of the Lamb -- A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01 -- Religion evolving -- Setting the task -- Varieties of religious expressions -- If there were no God -- Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment -- Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-4074
- ISBN
- 9781405183826 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1405183829 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781405183819 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1405183810 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009041467
- OCLC
- YBP 2009041467
- Author
- Teehan, John.
- Title
- In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / John Teehan.
- Imprint
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Series
- Blackwell public philosophy series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-4074