Contents
Preface
Introduction: Why Cooperation Makes a Difference - Sarah Coakley and Martin A. Nowak
I. Evolutionary Cooperation in Historical Perspective
1. “Ready to Aid One Another” Darwin on Nature, God, and Cooperation - John Hedley Brooke
2. Altruism Morals from History - Thomas Dixon
3. Evolution and “Cooperation” in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century America Science, Theology, and the Social Gospel - Heather D. Curtis
II. Mathematics, Game Theory, and Evolutionary Biology: The Evolutionary Phenomenon of Cooperation
4. Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation - Martin A. Nowak
5. Mathematical Models of Cooperation - Christoph Hauert
6. Economics and Evolution Complementary Perspectives on Cooperation - Johan Almenberg and Anna Dreber
III. Psychology, Neuroscience, and Intentionality in the Cultural Evolution of Cooperation
7. Social Prosthetic Systems and Human Motivation One Reason Why Cooperation Is Fundamentally Human - Stephen M. Kosslyn
8. The Uniqueness of Human Cooperation Cognition, Cooperation, and Religion - Dominic D. P. Johnson
9. Self-Denial and Its Discontents Toward Clarification of the Intrapersonal Conflict between “Selfishness” and “Altruism” - Maurice Lee
IV. Philosophy of Biology and Philosophy of Mind: Adjudicating the Significance of Evolutionary Cooperation
10. Unpredicted Outcomes in the Games of Life - Jeffrey P. Schloss
11. What Can Game Theory Tell Us about Humans? - Justin C. Fisher
12. How Not to Fight about Cooperation - Ned Hall
V. Cooperation, Ethics, and Metaethics
13. The Moral Organ A Prophylaxis against the Whims of Culture - Marc D. Hauser
14. A New Case for Kantianism Evolution, Cooperation, and Deontological Claims in Human Society - Friedrich Lohmann
15. Nature, Normative Grammars, and Moral Judgments - Jean Porter
16. The Christian Love Ethic and Evolutionary “Cooperation” The Lessons and Limits of Eudaimonism and Game Theory - Timothy P. Jackson
VI. Cooperation, Metaphysics, and God
17. Altruism, Normalcy, and God - Alexander Pruss
18. Evolution, Altruism, and God Why the Levels of Emergent Complexity Matter - Philip Clayton
19. The Problem of Evil and Cooperation - Michael Rota
20. Evolution, Cooperation, and Divine Providence - Sarah Coakley
List of Contributors
Index