{"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":"\u003cp\u003eThe evolutionary psychology behind human inconsistency  Were all hypocrites. Why? Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind.  Robert Kurzban shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the minds 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 dont always  resulting in impossibly contradictory beliefs  vacillations between patience and impulsiveness  violations of our supposed moral principles  and overinflated views of ourselves.  This 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.  In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965304467509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691146748","price":59.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691146744.jpg?v=1770492294","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/why-everyone-else-is-a-hypocrite-evolution-and-the-modular-mind","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}