The Origins of Justice: The Evolution of Morality, Human Rights, and Law

by John O'Manique

The Origins of Justice: The Evolution of Morality, Human Rights, and Law presents a view of human origins and nature that is radically different from that of the prevailing Western paradigm. John O'Manique's view shifts the emphasis from a negative characterization, in which humans are primarily aggressive and solitary, to a more positive picture of human origins within social communities, in which empathy and mutual care are just as natural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812237064
• ISBN13: 9780812237061
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"