The Evolution of Violence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shackelford, Todd K. (Editor), Hansen, Ranald D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Evolutionary Psychology
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Cognitive psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Cognitive Psychology.

Our contemporary capacity for understanding and empathy suggests that people are becoming less disposed to violence. At the same time, current developments in war technologies and the popularity of blood-soaked movies and video games point to the opposite conclusion. The works of Darwin hold crucial...