ve to live nts v CHAPTER 5 Is selfishness in our genes? 99 CHAPTER II The good life The biological case for selfishness 99 Pushing the peanut forward Caring for our children 103 The escalator of reason 268 Caring for our kin 108 Toward an ethical life 277 Caring for our group 115 NOTES 281 CHAPTER 6 How the Japanese live 125 Japan: A successful social experiment? 125 NDEX 303 The corporation as an ethical community 127 The self and the group 141 CHAPTER 7 Titfor Tat 152 Caring for those who care for us 152 Self-interest and ethics: An interim conclusion 180 CHAPTER Living ethically 182 A green shoot 189 Why do people act ethically? 198 ChaPTer 9 The nature ofethics 202 a broader perspective 202 The gender of ethics 207 Jesus and Kant: Two views on why we ought to live Beyond Jesus and Kant: The search for an ultimate answer 220 CHAPTER 10 Living to some purpose 230 The myth of Sisyphus and the meaning of life 230 Of housewives, Aboriginal Australians and caged hens 232 The struggle to win 23 The inward turn 244 A transcendent cause 253vi How ar e we to live ? CHAPTE R 5 Is selfishness in our genes? 99 The biological case for selfishness 99 Caring for our children 103 Caring for our kin 108 J Caring for our group 115 CHAPTE R 6 How the Japanese live 125 Japan: A successful social experiment? 125 The corporation as an ethical community 127 The self and the group 141 CHAPTE R 7 Tit for Tat 152 Caring for those who care for us 152 Doing better with Tit for Tat 167 Self-interest and ethics: An interim conclusion 180 CHAPTE R 8 Living ethically 182 Heroes 182 A green shoot 189 Why do people act ethically? 198 CHAPTE R 9 The nature of ethics 202 A broader perspective 202 The gender of ethics 207 Jesus and Kant: Two views on why we ought to live ethically 212 Beyond Jesus and Kant: The search for an ultimate answer 220 CHAPTE R 10 Living to some purpose 230 The myth of Sisyphus and the meaning of life 230 Of housewives, Aboriginal Australians and caged hens 232 The struggle to win 238 The inward turn 244 A transcendent cause 253 Content s vii CHAPTE R 11 The good life 260 Pushing the peanut forward 260 The escalator of reason 268 Toward an ethical life 277 NOTE S 281 INDE X 303