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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Evolution and Mind 1
1 The Evolution of Morality 9
Setting the Task 9
The Moral Brain 15
The First Layer: Kin Selection 21
The Second Layer: Reciprocal Altruism 25
A Third Layer: Indirect Reciprocity 27
A Fourth Layer: Cultural Group Selection 32
A Fifth Layer: The Moral Emotions 36
Conclusion: From Moral Grammar to Moral Systems 41
2 The Evolution of Moral Religions 43
Setting the Task 43
The Evolution of the Religious Mind 45
Conceptualizing the Almighty 53
The Moral Function of Gods 62
3 Evolutionary Religious Ethics: Judaism 72
Setting the Task 72
Constructing Yahweh 74
The Ten Commandments: An Evolutionary Interpretation 80
Conclusion: The Evolved Law 101
4 Evolutionary Religious Ethics: Christianity 104
Setting the Task 104
Constructing the Christ 107
Setting the Boundaries: Christian and/or Jew? 114
The Third Race: Christians as In-Group 124
Putting on Christ: Christianity's Signals of Commitment 129
Loving Your Neighbor and Turning the Other Cheek 135
5 Religion, Violence, and the Evolved Mind 144
Setting the Task 144
Devoted to Destruction: Sanctified Violence and Judaism 147
The Blood of the Lamb 160
A Case Study in the Evolved Psychology of Religious Violence: 9/11 174
6 Religion Evolving 180
Setting the Task 180
Varieties of Religious Expressions 182
If There Were No God... 186
Religion, Ethics, and Violence: An Assessment 193
Responding to Religion, Ethics, and Violence: Some Proposals 202
Conclusions 215
Notes 220
Bibliography 243
Index 259
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