“About one of the hottest new topics in intellectual life: the psychology and biology of morals. . . fascinating.” — Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works
“An account of the nature of the human moral organ . . . a lucid, expert and challenging introduction.” — Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, MIT
“An intellectual feast that provokes thought and should stimulate critical reflection . . . a major contribution to an ongoing debate.” — Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University
“The most complete attempt to bring together philosophy, anthropology, cognitive science and neuroscience… daring and wise.” — Antonio Damasio, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Southern California
“The scientific exploration of morality has advanced at a breathtaking pace… [an] enjoyable book.” — Daniel Kahneman, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University, and 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics
“For a wide audience…a superb overview of one of the hottest topics in the life sciences…a treat.” — Science
“An audacious claim about moral thought…highly accessible to a general audience…a deeply significant intellectual contribution.” — Nature
“Unlikely to disappoint.” — Nicholas Wade, New York Times
“Pathbreaking… relevant to some of the most fundamental contemporary debates in philosophy and public life.” — New York Review of Books
