TY - BOOK ID - 77876741 TI - Good Natured AU - de Waal, Frans B. M., AU - Waal, F B M de PY - 2022 SN - 0674033175 9780674033177 0674356608 9780674356603 PB - Cambridge, MA DB - UniCat KW - Ethics, Evolutionary. KW - Animal behavior. KW - Human behavior. KW - Ethics. KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Action, Human KW - Behavior, Human KW - Human action KW - Human beings KW - Human biology KW - Physical anthropology KW - Psychology KW - Social sciences KW - Psychology, Comparative KW - Animals KW - Animals, Habits and behavior of KW - Behavior, Animal KW - Animal psychology KW - Zoology KW - Ethologists KW - Ethics, Naturalistic KW - Evolutionary ethics KW - Naturalistic ethics KW - Ethics KW - Ethical relativism KW - Behavior UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876741 AB - To observe a dog's guilty look. to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals in certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there he a code of ethics in the animal kingdom? Must an animal be human to he humane? In this provocative book, a renowned scientist takes on those who have declared ethics uniquely human Making a compelling case for a morality grounded in biology, he shows how ethical behavior is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait, in humans and animals alike. World famous for his brilliant descriptions of Machiavellian power plays among chimpanzees-the nastier side of animal life--Frans de Waal here contends that animals have a nice side as well. Making his case through vivid anecdotes drawn from his work with apes and monkeys and holstered by the intriguing, voluminous data from his and others' ongoing research, de Waal shows us that many of the building blocks of morality are natural: they can he observed in other animals. Through his eyes, we see how not just primates but all kinds of animals, from marine mammals to dogs, respond to social rules, help each other, share food, resolve conflict to mutual satisfaction, even develop a crude sense of justice and fairness. Natural selection may be harsh, but it has produced highly successful species that survive through cooperation and mutual assistance. De Waal identifies this paradox as the key to an evolutionary account of morality, and demonstrates that human morality could never have developed without the foundation of fellow feeling our species shares with other animals. As his work makes clear, a morality grounded in biology leads to an entirely different conception of what it means to he human--and humane. ER -