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The Bonobo and the atheist : in search of humanism among the primates / Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author.

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Publication Info.	New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
	©2013

Edition

First edition.

Location	Call No.	Status	Notes
Storage Blue	QL 737 .P96 W315 2013	CHECKED IN

Description	289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Contents	Earthly delights -- Goodness explained -- Bonobos in the family tree -- Is God dead or just in a coma? -- The parable of the good simian -- Ten commandments too many -- The God gap -- Bottom-up morality.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index.
Summary	A renowned primatologist argues that ethical behavior witnessed in animals is the evolutionary and biological origin of human fairness and explains that morality has more to do with natural instincts than with religion.
Subject	Bonobo -- Behavior.
	Altruistic behavior in animals.
	Ethics.
	Empathy.
	Human-animal relationships.
	Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
	Primatologists -- Biography.
ISBN	9780393073775 (hardcover)
	0393073777 (hardcover)
UPC #	40022124711
OCLC #	828938921

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