 Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7756-6
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320 pages
April 2008, Jossey-Bass
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Three Simple Truths About Revenge and Forgiveness.
1 Putting Vengeance and Forgiveness Back into Human Nature.
2 Revenge Is a Problem: Counting the Costs.
3 Revenge Is a Solution: Three Evolutionary Hypotheses.
4 The Retribution Solution: The Evidence for Adaptation.
5 Family, Friendship, and the Functions of Forgiveness.
6 The Forgiveness Instinct.
7 The Forgiving Brain.
8 "To Promote and to Maintain Friendly Relations": Making Forgiveness Happen.
9 From Neurons to Nations.
10 Divine Forgiveness and Righteous Revenge.
11 Homo ignoscens.
Notes.
Bibliography.
The Author.
Index.
