From an evolutionary perspective, morality is a form of cooperation. Cooperation requires
individuals either to suppress their own self-interest or to equate it with that of others. We …

Abstract The Cooperation Theory of moral development starts from the premise that morality
is a special form of cooperation. Before 3 years of age, children help and share with others …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who
deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it …

Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral
psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox
News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about …

Human beings act together in characteristic ways, and these forms of shared activity matter
to us a great deal. Think of friendship and love, singing duets, dancing together, and the joys …

A Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the Year A Guardian Top Science Book of the Year
Tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since Darwin, thinkers have …

Derk Pereboom articulates and defends an original conception of moral responsibility. He
argues that if determinism were true we would not be morally responsible in the key basic …