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    <![CDATA[The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology]]>
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    <![CDATA[An accessible introduction to the science of evolutionary psychology and how it explains many aspects of human nature. Unlike many books on the topic, which focus on abstractions like kin selection, this book focuses on Darwinian explanations of why we are the way we are--emotionally and morally. Wright deals particularly well with explaining the reasons for the stereotypical dynamics of the three big &quot;S's:&quot; sex, siblings, and society.]]>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone ready and willing to put humanity under the microscope]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First and foremost: an uncritical read of this book will leave you feeling cynical and a bit cheated.  It ranks up there with E.O. Wilson's <em>Sociobiology</em> and Richard Dawkins' <em>The Selfish Gene</em> (though I'll admit that I know those two primarily by reputation, having read excerpts and not their entireti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18386415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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