The punisher's brain : (Record no. 141229)
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| fixed length control field | 01640cam a2200217 i 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20151217124847.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 130916s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107038066 (hardback) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.3 |
| Item number | HOF |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hoffman, Morris B., |
| 9 (RLIN) | 805 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The punisher's brain : |
| Remainder of title | the evolution of judge and jury / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Morris B. Hoffman. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 359 pages ; |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in economics, cognition, and society |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Evolution built us to punish cheaters. Without that punishment instinct, we would never have been able to live in small groups, and would never have realized all the significant benefits that small-group living conferred, including mutual defense, cooperative hunting, property, divisions of labor and economies of scale. In fact, to a large extent our notions of right and wrong, of empathy and compassion, of fairness and justice, all come from the tensions of group living, and thus indirectly owe their very existence to punishment. It may sound strange that one key to civilization is our willingness to punish each other, but every parent knows it's true. Every parent also feels the irresistible pull not to punish too much, and in fact maybe not to punish at all - to forgive - and this, too, is a remnant of evolution. Our punishment instinct is not so much a sword ready to fall as it is a finely tuned balance, sometimes susceptible to the gentlest of breezes"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Punishment |
| General subdivision | Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 806 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Human evolution. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 807 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social evolution. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 808 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | LAW / General. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 809 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| School of Legal studies | School of Legal studies | 04/17/2015 | 303.3 HOF | SLS029306 | 04/17/2015 | 04/17/2015 | Books |