{"id":257711,"date":"2024-08-29T19:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/animals-robots-gods-review-a-gripping-anthropological-account-of-morality\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:40","slug":"animals-robots-gods-review-a-gripping-anthropological-account-of-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/animals-robots-gods-review-a-gripping-anthropological-account-of-morality\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals, Robots, Gods review: A gripping anthropological account of morality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No society we know of ever lived without morals. Roughly the same ethical ideas arise<\/a>, again and again, over time and in different societies. Where do these notions of right and wrong come from? Might there be an ideal way to live?<\/p>\n

In Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the moral imagination<\/i>, anthropologist Webb Keane at the University of Michigan argues that morality doesn\u2019t arise from universal principles but from the human imagination. For him, moral ideas<\/a> are sparked in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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