In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / John Teehan.
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TextSeries: Blackwell public philosophy seriesPublisher: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (264)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444320695; 1444320696Subject(s): Religious ethics | Violence -- Religious aspects | Psychology, Religious | Evolutionary psychology | Cognitive psychology | Cognitive psychology | Evolutionary psychology | Psychology, Religious | Religious ethics | Violence -- Religious aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic resource.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In the name of God.DDC classification: 205.01/9 LOC classification: BJ1188 | .T44 2010Online resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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