| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 279 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Ethical principles and precepts -- The evolution of morality -- Ethics and law -- Exchange and reciprocity : conflict in personal relationships -- Ethics and the physical sciences -- Ethics and medicine -- Ethics and politics -- Ethics and business -- Ethics and war -- What does all this mean for the future? -- Appendix : relations to moral philosophy. |
| Summary |
Everywhere stealing, lying and killing are considered wrong. But in some contexts, in war for example, these codes can differ. Robert Hinde argues that understanding the evolutionary origins of our morality and how we bend the rules can help guide us away from global catastrophe and towards a more ethical world. - ;Do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-them-do-unto-you. Who would disagree with this 'Golden Rule'? We regard it as the basis of an absolute and universal morality. And yet it is considered acceptable to kill the enemy in war; for a businessman to do the best for himself; for a lawyer to. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics, Modern -- 21st century.
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Ethics, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rotblat, Joseph, 1908-2005.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hinde, Robert A. Bending the rules. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199218974 0199218978 (DLC) 2007028719 (OCoLC)154707939 |
| ISBN |
9780191527395 (electronic book) |
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0191527394 (electronic book) |
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9780191551246 (electronic book) |
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0191551244 (electronic book) |
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0199218978 (Cloth) |
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9780199218974 (Cloth) |
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0199218986 (alkaline paper) |
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9780199218981 (alkaline paper) |
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1281149802 |
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9781281149800 |
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1282053124 |
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9781282053120 |
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