{"product_id":"the-science-of-good-and-evil-why-people-cheat-gossip-care-share-and-follow-the-golden-rule-9780805077698","title":"The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author Michael Shermer, an investigation of the evolution of morality that is \"a paragon of popularized science and philosophy\" The Sun (Baltimore)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century and a half after Darwin first proposed an \"evolutionary ethics,\" science has begun to tackle the roots of morality. Just as evolutionary biologists study why we are hungry (to motivate us to eat) or why sex is enjoyable (to motivate us to procreate), they are now searching for the very nature of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, science historian Michael Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates; how and why morality motivates the human animal; and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way he explains the implications of scientific findings for fate and free will, the existence of pure good and pure evil, and the development of early moral sentiments among the first humans. As he closes the divide between science and morality, Shermer draws on stories from the Yanamam , infamously known as the \"fierce people\" of the tropical rain forest, to the Stanford studies on jailers' behavior in prisons. \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e is ultimately a profound look at the moral animal, belief, and the scientific pursuit of truth\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805077698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael Shermer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643909730460,"sku":"9780805077698","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ee20cff5-61b3-4204-8134-4ddc5fbe929c.jpg?v=1603857511","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-science-of-good-and-evil-why-people-cheat-gossip-care-share-and-follow-the-golden-rule-9780805077698","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}