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In this engaging book, leading primatologist and thinker Frans de Waal offers an illuminating new perspective on human nature. Bringing together his pioneering research on primate behaviour, the latest findings in evolutionary biology and insights from moral philosophy, de Waal explains that we don't need the spectres of God or the law in order to act morally. Instead, our moral nature stems from our biology - specifically, our primate social emotions, which include empathy, reciprocity and fairness. We can glimpse this in the behaviour of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom: chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbours and bonobos will voluntarily open a door to offer a companion access to their own food. Building on a wealth of evidence, de Waal reveals that morality is not dictated to us by religion or social strictures but is the product of our biological nature.
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The chimp and bonobo stories in de Waal's writings are entertaining and charming. --Prospect
In Frans de Waal s insightful and accessible book, the eminent primatologist builds on his fellow Dutchman s sceptical view of institutionalised religion to argue that the evidence from our ape relatives reveals a morality that lies deep within the human character. --Times Higher Education
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In Frans de Waal s insightful and accessible book, the eminent primatologist builds on his fellow Dutchman s sceptical view of institutionalised religion to argue that the evidence from our ape relatives reveals a morality that lies deep within the human character. --Times Higher Education
Frans de Waal has been named among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. The author of Our Inner Ape among many other works, he is the C.H. Candler Professor in Emory University's Psychology Department.
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