In the name of God : : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / / John Teehan.

• Superior document: Blackwell public philosophy series
• VerfasserIn: Teehan, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Malden, MA : : Wiley-Blackwell,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Blackwell public philosophy.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Evolution and mind
• The evolution of morality
• Setting the task
• The moral brain
• The first layer : kin selection
• The second layer : reciprocal altruism
• A third layer : indirect reciprocity
• A fourth layer : cultural group selection
• A fifth layer : the moral emotions
• Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems
• The evolution of moral religions
• Setting the task
• The evolution of the religious mind
• Conceptualizing the almighty
• The moral function of gods
• Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism
• Setting the task
• Constructing Yahweh
• TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation
• Conclusion: The evolved law
• Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity
• Setting the task
• Constructing the Christ
• Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew?
• The third race : Christians as in-group
• Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment
• Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek
• Religion, violence, and the evolved mind
• Setting the task
• Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism
• The blood of the Lamb
• A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01
• Religion evolving
• Setting the task
• Varieties of religious expressions
• If there were no God
• Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment
• Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals.