Books on evolution of conscience

[karthick]

I am looking for books on evolution of conscience. Please suggest. I searched but nothing good came out.

I don’t know if this is the right place for such requests.

If this is not the right place, pls tell me, i will delete this post.

Thanks.

[Scott Alexander]

The Moral Animal by Robert Wright.

EDIT: The comment above made a good point. Do you mean “conscience” or “consciousness”? Moral Animal is good for conscience, not so good for consciousness.

[Matt_Simpson]

Seconded. Anyone that interacts with humans on a regular basis should read that book, especially those who have trouble doing it “naturally.”

[Paul Crowley]

I’ve just been lent The Tangled Wing, but have yet to start reading it.

[Larks]

I’ve heard The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind spoken of quite highly, but don’t know much about it.

[lukeprog]

Two key words on the evolution of the moral conscience are:

Joyce, The Evolution of Morality

de Waal et. al., Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved