The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality
by Hanno Sauer
The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality by Hanno Sauer, a moral philosopher at Utrecht University, is now available in English. The book has won prizes in Germany, and is well-written on an interesting subject: our morality and how it has evolved since we first evolved as a species (with a look into the future too).
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