Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite Evolution and the Modular Mind

Name: Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite Evolution and the Modular Mind
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ISBN: 9780691154398

ISBN-10: 0691154392

ISBN-13: 9780691154398

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robert Kurzban

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We're all hypocrites. Why? Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind.Robert Kurzban shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. The human mind consists of many specialized units designed by the process of evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly, they don't always, resulting in impossibly contradictory beliefs, vacillations between patience and impulsiveness, violations of our supposed moral principles, and overinflated views of ourselves.This modular, evolutionary psychological view of the mind undermines deeply held intuitions about ourselves, as well as a range of…

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List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Consistently Inconsistent



Evolution and the Fragmented Brain



Who Is "I"?



Modular Me



The Truth Hurts



Psychological Propaganda



Self-Deception



Self-Control



Morality and Contradictions



Morality Is for the Birds


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index