Human Nature And Suffering

by Paul A. Gilbert

Book Overview

This volume explores the implications of humans as evolved social animals. Gilbert suggests that evolution has given rise to a varied set of social competencies which form the basis of our personal knowledge and understanding. These competencies are classified as: a) Care eliciting b) Care giving c) Co?operating and d) Competing. Each of these are seen as core schemata, or archetypal potentials around which knowledge is built, and from which, our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863772862
• ISBN13: 9780863772863
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"