Our Moral Fate: Evolution and the Escape from Tribalism

by Allen Buchanan

A provocative and probing argument showing how human beings can for the first time in history take charge of their moral fate.

Is tribalism--the political and cultural divisions between Us and Them--an inherent part of our basic moral psychology? Many scientists link tribalism and morality, arguing that the evolved "moral mind" is tribalistic. Any escape from tribalism, according to this thinking, would be partial and fragile, because it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043742
• ISBN13: 9780262043748
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"