The Moral Animal

The Moral Animal

Infobox Book
name = The Moral Animal


image_caption = Paperback cover
author = Robert Wright
country = United States
language = English
subject = Social evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Morality, Ethics
publisher = Vintage Books
release_date = 1994
media_type = Hardcover, Paperback
pages = 466 pages (paperback)
isbn = ISBN 0-679-76399-6 (1st edition, hardcover)

"The Moral Animal" is a 1994 book by Robert Wright. The New York Times Book Review chose Wright's "The Moral Animal" as one of the 12 best books of 1994; it was a national bestseller and has been published in 12 languages.

The book explores many facets of our everyday life through the lens of evolutionary biology. Wright attempts to relay Darwinian explanations for human behavior and psychology, our social dynamics and structures, as well as our relationships with lovers, friends, and family.

The book borrows extensively from Charles Darwin's official publications, including his famed "Origin of the Species", but also from his less well-known chronicles and personal writings, illustrating behavioral principles with Darwin's own biographical examples.

See also

*Evolutionary Biology
*Evolutionary Psychology
*Morality
*Ethics
*Steven Pinker
*Richard Dawkins
*John Stuart Mill
*kin selection
*reciprocal altruism
*The Naked Ape

References

Bibliographical information

* "The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology". Vintage, 1995. ISBN 0-679-76399-6

External links

* [http://meaningoflife.tv meaningoflife.tv] : Robert Wright's website.
* [http://meaningoflife.tv/video.php?speaker=pinker&topic=complete Robert Wright Interview with Steven Pinker]
* [http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pinker_on_Wright_94.html Stevin Pinker's New York Times Book Review article on The Moral Animal.]


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