The neuroscience of fair play : why we (usually) follow the golden rule / Donald W. Pfaff.
The neuroscience of fair play : why we (usually) follow the golden rule / Donald W. Pfaff.
The neuroscience of fair play : why we (usually) follow the golden rule / Donald W. Pfaff.
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New York : Dana ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2008.
Date
2008.
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N174.2968/2
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English
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234p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Subway story -- The golden rule -- Being afraid -- Memory of fear -- Losing oneself -- Sex and parental love -- Sociability -- The urge to harm -- Murder and other mayhem -- Balancing act -- Temperament in the making -- A new paradigm.
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New York : Dana ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2008.
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New York (State)
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2008.
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"Many scholars, using anthropology, psychology, and evolution, argue that our ethical and moral life evolved from nature. Distinguished neuroscientist Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D., takes that proposition a critical step further, right to the basics: brain signals." "In this first book to describe how ethics maybe a hardwired function of the human brain,...
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The neuroscience of fair play : why we (usually) follow the golden rule / Donald W. Pfaff.
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N174.2968/2
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74VK33XMAEll
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9781932594270 (hbk.) :
1932594272 (hbk.) :
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174.2968
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991023768699702626
