The moral animal : evolutionary psychology and everyday life / Robert Wright.
| Author/creator | Wright, Robert, 1957- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Vintage books ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Vintage Books, 1995, ©1994. |
| Description | x, 466 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Subtitle on cover: Why we are the way we are: the new science of evolutionary psychology |
| Contents | Darwin comes of age -- Male and female -- Men and women -- The marriage market -- Darwin's marriage -- The Darwin plan for marital bliss -- Families -- Darwin and the savages -- Friends -- Darwin's conscience -- Darwin's delay -- Social status -- Deception and self-deception -- Darwin's triumph -- Darwinian (and Freudian) cynicism -- Evolution ethics -- Blaming the victim -- Darwin gets religion. |
| Abstract | Darwin comes of age -- Male and female -- Men and women -- The marriage market -- Darwin's marriage -- The Darwin plan for marital bliss - - Families -- Darwin and the savages -- Friends -- Darwin's conscience -- Darwin's delay -- Social status -- Deception and self-deception -- Darwin's triumph -- Darwinian (and Freudian) cynicism -- Evolution ethics -- Blaming the victim -- Darwin gets religion. |
| Local note | Little-309728--305131020239T |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-445) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780679763994 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0679763996 (pbk.) |