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THE SCIENCE OF GOOD AND EVIL ---WHY PEOPLE CHEAT, GOSSIP, CARE, SHARE,
AND FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE edited by Michael Shermer. Times Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2004

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PROLOGUE --- ONE LONG ARGUMENT (p1-14)

PART 1--- THE ORIGINS OF MORALITY (p13-138)


1) Transcendent morality --- how evolution ennobles ethics (p15-23)

2) Why we are moral --- the evolutionary origins of morality (p24-64)

3) Why we are immoral --- war, violence, and the "ignoble savage" within (p65-104)

4) Master of my fate --- making moral choices in a "determined universe" (p105-139)


PART 2 --- A SCIENCE OF PROVISIONAL ETHICS (p140-190)


5) Can we be good without God? --- science, religion, and morality (p141-156)

6) How we are moral --- absolute, relative, and provisional ethics (p157-180)

7) How we are immoral --- right and wrong and how to tell the difference (p181-222)

8) Rise above --- tolerance, freedom, and the prospects for humanity (p223-264)


APPENDIX I --- THE DEVIL UNDER FORM OF BABOON (p265-284)

APPENDIX II --- MORAL AND RELIGIOUS UNIVERSALS AS A SUBSET OF HUMAN UNIVERSALS (p285-292)

NOTES (p293-316)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (p317-330)

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS (p331-332)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p333-336)

INDEX (p337-350)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p351)

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