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Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; Sociology as Naturalist Inquiry; Convergence; The Never-Ending (Back) Story; The Evolution of Human Societies; Lenski's Taxonomy; Hunting and Gathering Societies; Simple Horticultural and Pastoral Societies; Advanced Agrarian Societies; Industrial Societies; References; 2 The Moral System; Secularizing Durkheim: Key Concepts; The Bummer of Being Human; A Theory of Moral Change; References; 3 Moral Systems in Traditional Societies; Hunter-Gatherer Society: Pre-religious Morality; Horticultural Societies: Religion as Moral System
Agrarian Societies: Legitimizing HierarchyThe Axial Age; The Growth of Monotheism; Research on Monotheism; References; 4 Biological Underpinnings; A Theory of Emotions; Research on Primates; Research with Babies and Children; Experimental Economics: The Ultimatum Game; References; 5 Secularizing Morality; Rights as the New Moral System; Human Rights as a Global, Moral System; Institutionalizing Human Rights; References; 6 Convergence and Frontiers; Scenario 1: Human Rights as Myth and Ceremony; Scenario 2: Further Expansion of Rights; Human Rights: An Applied Sociology; References; Index
Agrarian Societies: Legitimizing HierarchyThe Axial Age; The Growth of Monotheism; Research on Monotheism; References; 4 Biological Underpinnings; A Theory of Emotions; Research on Primates; Research with Babies and Children; Experimental Economics: The Ultimatum Game; References; 5 Secularizing Morality; Rights as the New Moral System; Human Rights as a Global, Moral System; Institutionalizing Human Rights; References; 6 Convergence and Frontiers; Scenario 1: Human Rights as Myth and Ceremony; Scenario 2: Further Expansion of Rights; Human Rights: An Applied Sociology; References; Index