Moral Tribes

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'More than a decade in the making, Morál Tribes is a masterpiece a landmark vvork brimming with originality and insight that alsó happens to be wicked ly fun to read.The only disappointing thing about this book is that it ends.' Dániel Ciilhert Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a sharecl spaee, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of values, along with unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the morál lines thai divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and we wonder where, if at all, we can find our common ground. A grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy,Morál Tribes reveals the underlying causes of modern conlliet and lights the way forward. Our emotions make us soeial animals, turning Me into Us. But they... Tovább

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'More than a decade in the making, Morál Tribes is a masterpiece a landmark vvork brimming with originality and insight that alsó happens to be wicked ly fun to read.The only disappointing thing about this book is that it ends.' Dániel Ciilhert Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a sharecl spaee, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of values, along with unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the morál lines thai divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and we wonder where, if at all, we can find our common ground. A grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy,Morál Tribes reveals the underlying causes of modern conlliet and lights the way forward. Our emotions make us soeial animals, turning Me into Us. But they alsó make us tribal animals, turning Us against Them. Our tribal emotions make us fight, sometimes with bombs, sometimes with words, and often for life-and-death stakes. Drawing inspiration from morál philosophy and cutting-edge science, Morál Tribes shows us when to trust our inslincts, when to reason, and how the right kind of reasoning can move us forward. A major achievement from a rising star in a new scientific field,Mora! Tribes will refashion your deepest beliefs about how morál thinking works and how it can work better. 'After two and a half millennia, it's rare to come across a genuineh new idea 011 the nature of morality, but in this book Joshua Greene advanees not one but several... Morál Tribes is a landmark in our understanding of morality and the morál sense.' Steven Pinker Vissza