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For example , an advanced , more successful group may by apparent charities induce a failing group to imitate its values , e.g. , a fascist state to turn to democ- racy . And since , as we have seen , cultural evolution leans ...
For example , an advanced , more successful group may by apparent charities induce a failing group to imitate its values , e.g. , a fascist state to turn to democ- racy . And since , as we have seen , cultural evolution leans ...
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Chapter 15 Having thoroughly discussed the rise of ethics from evolutionary prin- ciples , and their meaning in the spiritual life of man , we turn in the remaining chapters to the practical social policies which follow .
Chapter 15 Having thoroughly discussed the rise of ethics from evolutionary prin- ciples , and their meaning in the spiritual life of man , we turn in the remaining chapters to the practical social policies which follow .
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Through all these purposes runs the most vital one of deciding what elements of interindividual and intergroup behavior work out as most ethical , at a given place and time , and to this we turn in the next chapter .
Through all these purposes runs the most vital one of deciding what elements of interindividual and intergroup behavior work out as most ethical , at a given place and time , and to this we turn in the next chapter .
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Contents
Preface | vii |
Among Groups Not Individuals? | x |
What Has Group Competition To Do With Ethics | 13 |
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| Title | Beyondism: Religion from Science |
| Author | Raymond Bernard Cattell |
| Publisher | Praeger, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2006 |
| ISBN | 0275924319, 9780275924317 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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