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Waal, Frans B.M. de was born in 1948 in Netherlands.
(Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by de Waal,...)
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by de Waal, Frans Johns Hopkin...
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Good Natured : The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals by Frans De Waal. Harvard University Press,1996
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(« Es el animal que llevamos dentro», oímos con frecuencia...)
« Es el animal que llevamos dentro», oímos con frecuencia cuando actuamos mal, pero ¿por qué no decimos lo mismo cuando actuamos bien? Primates y filósofos aborda esta cuestión explorando los fundamentos biológicos de uno de los rasgos más preciados del ser humano: la moralidad. En la serie de Conferencias Tanner sobre Valores Humanos que dieron lugar a este libro, Frans de Waal pone a nuestra disposición decenios dedicados al trabajo con primates, así como su costumbre de pensar con detenimiento sobre el sentido de la evolución, para examinar la cuestión fundamental de la moralidad humana. Tres filósofos y un psicólogo debaten con De Waal diferentes aspectos de la conducta y la moral humana. Ninguno de ellos sugiere que haya razón alguna para suponer que los humanos sean diferentes de otros animales en su esencia metafísica, y ninguno de ellos basa sus argumentos en la idea de que los humanos seamos únicos por contar con un alma trascendente. Una segunda premisa importante compartida por el psicólogo holandés y sus cuatro interlocutores es que la bondad moral es algo real sobre lo que podemos establecer premisas ciertas. Como mínimo, la bondad requiere reconocer de forma apropiada a los demás. Del mismo modo, la maldad incluye esa clase de egoísmo que nos lleva a tratar a los demás inadecuadamente, al ignorar sus intereses o tratarles como meros instrumentos.
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We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we? From a scientist and writer E. O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate social behavior" comes a fascinating look at the most provocative aspects of human nature-power, sex, violence, kindness, and morality-through our two closest cousins in the ape family. For nearly twenty years, Frans de Waal has worked with both the famously aggressive chimpanzee and the lesser-known egalitarian, erotic, matriarchal bonobo, two species whose DNA is nearly identical to that of humans. De Waal shows the range of human behavior through his study of chimpanzees and bonobos, drawing from their personalities, relationships, power struggles, and high jinks important insights about our human behavior. The result is an engrossing and surprising narrative that reveals what their behavior can teach us about our own nature. "An informative and engaging work." —Library Journal "De Waal offers vivid, often delightful stories of politics, sex, violence and kindness in the ape communities he has studied to illustrate such questions as why we are irreverent toward the powerful and whether men or women are better at conflict resolution."—Publishers Weekly "Never has he de Waal written better on his great theme than in this absorbing overview of power, sex, violence, and kindness among apes—and humans."—Booklist "Sklar adds just a touch of a smile to his sonorous voice, conveying friendliness, warmth, and humor."—AudioFile Magazine
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(Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Ar...)
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are by De W...
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(The famous ethologist Francis Deval dedicates their truth...)
The famous ethologist Francis Deval dedicates their truths of species features, population living, power struggle and private life by over 20 years' close observation on these two species.
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(Frans de Waal explains why we are who we are through vivi...)
Frans de Waal explains why we are who we are through vivid, entertaining stories of politics, sex, violence and kindness. This is an audacious book, an engrossing discourse that proposes thought-provoking and sometimes shocking connections among chimps, bonobos, and those most paradoxical of apes, human beings.
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Visit the author's Web site at ourinnerapeIt's no secret that humans and apes share a host of traits, from the tribal communities we form to our irrepressible curiosity. We have a common ancestor, scientists tell us, so it's natural that we act alike. But not all of these parallels are so appealing: the chimpanzee, for example, can be as vicious and manipulative as any human.Yet there's more to our shared primate heritage than just our violent streak. In Our Inner Ape, Frans de Waal, one of the world's great primatologists and a renowned expert on social behavior in apes, presents the provocative idea that our noblest qualities--generosity, kindness, altruism--are as much a part of our nature as are our baser instincts. After all, we share them with another primate: the lesser-known bonobo. As genetically similar to man as the chimpanzee, the bonobo has a temperament and a lifestyle vastly different from those of its genetic cousin. Where chimps are aggressive, territorial, and hierarchical, bonobos are gentle, loving, and erotic (sex for bonobos is as much about pleasure and social bonding as it is about reproduction).While the parallels between chimp brutality and human brutality are easy to see, de Waal suggests that the conciliatory bonobo is just as legitimate a model to study when we explore our primate heritage. He even connects humanity's desire for fairness and its morality with primate behavior, offering a view of society that contrasts markedly with the caricature people have of Darwinian evolution. It's plain that our finest qualities run deeper in our DNA than experts have previously thought.Frans de Waal has spent the last two decades studying our closest primate relations, and his observations of each species in Our Inner Ape encompass the spectrum of human behavior. This is an audacious book, an engrossing discourse that proposes thought-provoking and sometimes shocking connections among chimps, bonobos, and those most paradoxical of apes, human bein
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( Does biology condemn the human species to violence and...)
Does biology condemn the human species to violence and war? Previous studies of animal behavior incline us to answer yes, but the message of this book is considerably more optimistic. Without denying our heritage of aggressive behavior, Frans de Waal describes powerful checks and balances in the makeup of our closest animal relatives, and in so doing he shows that to humans making peace is as natural as making war. In this meticulously researched and absorbing account, we learn in detail how different types of simians cope with aggression, and how they make peace after fights. Chimpanzees, for instance, reconcile with a hug and a kiss, whereas rhesus monkeys groom the fur of former adversaries. By objectively examining the dynamics of primate social interactions, de Waal makes a convincing case that confrontation should not be viewed as a barrier to sociality but rather as an unavoidable element upon which social relationships can be built and strengthened through reconciliation. The author examines five different species--chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, stump-tailed monkeys, bonobos, and humans--and relates anecdotes, culled from exhaustive observations, that convey the intricacies and refinements of simian behavior. Each species utilizes its own unique peacemaking strategies. The bonobo, for example, is little known to science, and even less to the general public, but this rare ape maintains peace by means of sexual behavior divorced from reproductive functions; sex occurs in all possible combinations and positions whenever social tensions need to be resolved. "Make love, not war" could be the bonobo slogan. De Waal's demonstration of reconciliation in both monkeys and apes strongly supports his thesis that forgiveness and peacemaking are widespread among nonhuman primates--an aspect of primate societies that should stimulate much needed work on human conflict resolution.
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(From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the w...)
From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate social behavior" comes a fascinating look at the most provocative aspects of human nature through our two closest cousins in the ape family.
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"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" genes. Science has thus exacerbated our reciprocal habits of blaming nature when we act badly and labeling the good things we do as "humane." Seeking the origin of human morality not in evolution but in human culture, science insists that we are moral by choice, not by nature. Citing remarkable evidence based on his extensive research of primate behavior, de Waal attacks "Veneer Theory," which posits morality as a thin overlay on an otherwise nasty nature. He explains how we evolved from a long line of animals that care for the weak and build cooperation with reciprocal transactions. Drawing on both Darwin and recent scientific advances, de Waal demonstrates a strong continuity between human and animal behavior. In the process, he also probes issues such as anthropomorphism and human responsibilities toward animals. Based on the Tanner Lectures de Waal delivered at Princeton University's Center for Human Values in 2004, Primates and Philosophers includes responses by the philosophers Peter Singer, Christine M. Korsgaard, and Philip Kitcher and the science writer Robert Wright. They press de Waal to clarify the differences between humans and other animals, yielding a lively debate that will fascinate all those who wonder about the origins and reach of human goodness.
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biologist psychology professor
Waal, Frans B.M. de was born in 1948 in Netherlands.
Bachelor in Biology, University Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1970. Doctor in Biology, University Groeningen, Netherlands, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Utrecht, Netherlands, 1977.
Research associate, laboratory comparative physiology University Utrecht, 1973—1981. Visiting assistant scientist Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, 1981—1982, assistant scientist, 1982—1985, associate scientist, 1985—1991, affiliate scientist, since 1991. Associate professor psychology Emory University, 1991—1993, professor, psychology, 1993—1996, director graduate studies: Program in Population Biology, Ecology, & Evolution, 1996—2000, Charles Howard Candler professor primate behavior, department psychology, since 1996.
Affiliate scientist Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 1989—1991, research professor psychobiology, since 1991, director Living Links Center, since 1997. Adjunct associate professor, biological sciences University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1988—1991. Speaker in field.
(« Es el animal que llevamos dentro», oímos con frecuencia...)
(The famous ethologist Francis Deval dedicates their truth...)
( Does biology condemn the human species to violence and...)
(Visit the author's Web site at ourinnerapeIt's no secret ...)
(The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-ce...)
(Frans de Waal explains why we are who we are through vivi...)
(We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, compet...)
(Good Natured : The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans a...)
(Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Ar...)
(Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by de Waal,...)
( "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been ...)
(From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the w...)
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Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung (Germany), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Member: American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (correspondent).