Morality is one of those basic aspects of humanity, like sexuality and eating, that can't fit into one or two academic fields. Moral-ity is unique, however, in having a kind of spell that disguises it and protects its secrets. We all care about morality so passionately that it is hard to look straight at it. We all look at the world through some kind of moral lens, and because most of the academic community uses the same lens, we validate each other's visions and distortions. I think this problem is ... [Book Review]

In Jeffrey Schloss & Michael J. Murray (eds.), The believing primate: scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 278 (2009)
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