{"product_id":"why-everyone-else-is-a-hypocrite-evolution-and-the-modular-mind","title":"Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind","description":"The evolutionary psychology behind human inconsistency\n\nWe're all hypocrites. Why? Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind.\n\nRobert Kurzban shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. The human mind consists of many specialized units designed by the process of evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly, they don't always, resulting in impossibly contradictory beliefs, vacillations between patience and impulsiveness, violations of our supposed moral principles, and overinflated views of ourselves.\n\nThis modular, evolutionary psychological view of the mind undermines deeply held intuitions about ourselves, as well as a range of scientific theories that require a \"self\" with consistent beliefs and preferences. Modularity suggests that there is no \"I.\" Instead, each of us is a contentious \"we\"--a collection of discrete but interacting systems whose constant conflicts shape our interactions with one another and our experience of the world.\n\nIn clear language, full of wit and rich in examples, Kurzban explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds, and why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0691146748\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0691146748.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kurzban, Robert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448637300794,"sku":"DBV.0691146748.G","price":4.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0691146748-0.jpg?v=1780861126","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/why-everyone-else-is-a-hypocrite-evolution-and-the-modular-mind","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}