Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are — The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
- Author
- Robert Wright
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 467
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Wright’s popular case for evolutionary psychology, written around Darwin’s own life — status, mating, reciprocity and conscience as adaptations rather than choices.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in the thread answering “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?”, June 2025.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Robert Wright · Evolution · Psychology · Culture — where this sits in the corpus.