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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shermer, Michael.
The science of good and evil: why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule / Michael Shermer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7769-8
ISBN-10: 0-8050-7769-3
1. Ethics, Evolutionary. 1. Title.
BJ1311.S48 2004
71’.7—dc21
2003049343
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