道德的动物
The moral animal
Robert Wright · 初版 1994 年
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为什么值得读
- 解释进化压力如何塑造语言与情感等特征
- 启发思考进化生物学对人类行为的解释力
- 趣味探讨一夫一妻制与多偶制的产生背景
思想界时常会受到科学哲学家 Thomas Kuhn 著名的“paradigm shift”概念的震撼。正如 Robert Wright 在这本开创性著作中所展示的那样，这样的一场转变正在当下发生——它将改变人们审视生活的方式以及选择生活的方式。在进化生物学家以及各领域社会科学学者的研究推动下，一门名为 evolutionary psychology 的新科学应运而生，随之而来的是对人性与人类心智的彻底重构。在其映照之下，最古老、最根本的问题都呈现出了截然不同且全……
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……药丸”或者某种更高的第三条路，反正你不太会听到这种说法，但说实话，在我看来它就是这整个“运动”的集大成。[4]：我的建议是：跳过 RP/BP，直接转向进化生物学。R. Wright 的《The Moral Animal》是本极好的书。
…pill" or some higher-third way, not that you would hear it much but really it's the synthesis of this whole 'movement' IMHO. [4]: My advice: skip RP/BP and move directly to evolutionary biology. The Moral Animal by R. Wright is a fantastic book.
你这想法有点怪。你可以读读罗伯特·赖特（Robert Wright）的《道德动物》（The Moral Animal），看看进化心理学家对人性更细致入微的视角。（这个领域向来争议不断——但既然你打算相信一些有争议的东西……
You have some odd ideas there. You might want to read The Moral Animal by Robert Wright for a more nuanced view of human nature by an evolutionary psychologist. (A field which is controversial at the best of times- but if you're going to believe something controversial…
……面对进化压力。这些压力究竟是什么，它们又是如何造就了我们身上的各种特征，比如语言、爱、笑、哭泣等等的？”关于这个话题的一本优秀科普书是罗伯特·赖特写的《道德动物》（The Moral Animal）：http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Animal-Science-Evolutionary-Psyc...
…to evolutionary pressures. What were these pressures and how do they account for the features we see in ourselves, like language, love, laughter, crying, etc?" A good pop-sci book on the subject is The Moral Animal by Robert Wright: http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Animal-Science-Evolutionary-Psyc...
针对这个问题，我的入门参考是罗伯特·赖特的《道德动物》（The Moral Animal），它是早在20世纪90年代就向主流读者介绍进化心理学的首批科普书之一。长话短说，把大量有趣的阅读内容提炼一下（关于一个……的话题
For my primer on this question, I look to The Moral Animal by Robert Wright, one of the first popular science books to introduce evolutionary psychology to a mainstream audience back in the 1990s. To boil down a lot of interesting reading (on a subject, which…
赞同之前提到塞内卡《论生命之短暂》（On the Shortness of Life）或任何斯多葛学派著作的网友。《老人与海》，大家对这本书要么极喜欢要么极讨厌，但它对我影响极深。《道德动物》（The Moral Animal），罗伯特·赖特著，让我思考人类行为在多大程度上可以用进化生物学来解释。《真相》（The Truth），尼尔·斯特劳斯著，极其坦诚敞亮的自传回忆录，会让你反思自己的……
+1 to whoever mentioned Seneca's On the Shortness of Life, or any of the Stoic writings. The Old Man and the Sea. People either love or hate this book, but it had a profound impact on me. The Moral Animal, by Robert Wright. Made me consider how much of human behavior can be explained through evolutionary biology. The Truth, by Neil Strauss. Incredibly vulnerable memoir that will make you reflect on your…
关于这点，我读过最有意思的讨论之一是在罗伯特·赖特的《道德动物》（The Moral Animal）里。书中对一夫一妻制、一夫多妻制以及容易催生这两种制度的环境进行了精彩的讨论。其核心论点（按我能复述的最好程度）是，一夫一妻制在狩猎采集社会中是很自然的……
One of the more entertaining discussions I've read about this is in Robert Wright's "The Moral Animal." There is a great discussion of monogamy, polygamy, and the circumstances that tend to generate both. The thesis (as best as I can recreate it) is that monogamy comes naturally in hunter-gatherer societies,…