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    Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong

    By Marc Hauser

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    In his groundbreaking book, Marc Hauser puts forth a revolutionary new theory: that humans have evolved a universal moral instinct, unconsciously propelling us to deliver judgments of right and wrong independent of gender, education, and religion. Combining his cutting-edge research with the latest findings in cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, economics, and anthropology, Hauser explores the startling implications of his provocative theory vis-à-vis contemporary bioethics, religion, the law, and our everyday lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061864780
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    Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong
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    Marc Hauser

    Marc D. Hauser is the author of the highly acclaimed Wild Minds. He has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Globe, as well as on Today,The Early Show, PBS's Scientific American Frontiers, and NPR. Hauser is Professor of Psychology, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, where he is director of the Cognitive Evolution Laboratory and co-director of the Mind, Brain and Behavior Program. He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, a Guggenheim Award, a College de France Science medal, and a Harvard College Professorship chair for his excellence in teaching.

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      This books' stated goal--to describe human's universal morality as Noam Chomsky described human's universal grammar--is ambitious. However, the author spends more time marveling at the potential consequences success than actually moving towards a robust/useful model of humans' moral faculty. Section three reads like a sequel to Hauser's "Wild Minds", describing and dissecting dozens of recent behavioral psychology expermients involving non-humans. Worthwhile for the lay person curious about evolutionary psychology.

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