Death, hope, and sex : steps to an evolutionary ecology of mind and morality /

• Main Author: Chisholm, James S.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
• Subjects: Genetic psychology.; Mind and body.; Nature and nurture.; Philosophy of mind.; Human reproduction > Social aspects.; Psychologie g�en�etique.; Esprit et corps.; H�er�edit�e et milieu.; Philosophie de l'esprit.; Reproduction humaine > Aspect social.; PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.; PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.; Darwinisme.; Antropologie.; Psicologia.; Gen�etica do comportamento.; Evolu�c�ao humana.; Gen�etica de popula�c�oes.; �Etica.; Moral.; Valores sociais.; Sexualidade.; Reprodu�c�ao.; Reproduction humaine.; Entwicklungspsychologie; Leib-Seele-Problem; Sexualit�at; Menschenbild; Evolutionsbiologie; Psychology.; Biological Evolution.; Genetics.; Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.; Morals.; Reproduction.; Electronic books.

"Following evolutionary theory to its logical conclusion, Death, Hope and Sex uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies contingent on environmen...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Evolution and explanation
• Evolution and development
• The nature of value
• Representing value
• Sex and uncertainty
• The cost of continuing
• References.