Toward a Theory of Peace: The Role of Moral Beliefs

Editors' Introduction: Randall Forsberg and the Path to Peace -- Part I. TOWARD A THEORY OF PEACE -- 1. The Idea of a Theory of Peace -- 2. Conditions for the Abolition of War -- Part II. SOCIALLY SANCTIONED VIOLENCE -- 3. The Roles of Innate Impulses and Learned Moral Beliefs in Individual and Group Violence -- 4. Socially Sanctioned Group Violence: Features, Examples, and Sources -- 5. Ritual Cannibalism: A Case Study of Socially Sanctioned Group Violence -- 6. Sanctioned Violence, Morality, and Cultural Evolution -- Appendix: The Debate on the Existence of Cannibalism

The idea of a theory of peace -- Conditions for the abolition of war -- The roles of innate impulses and learned moral beliefs in individual and group violence -- Socially sanctioned group violence : features, examples, and sources -- Ritual cannibalism : a case study of socially sanctioned group violence -- Sanctioned violence, morality, and cultural evolution -- Appendix : the debate on the existence of cannibalism.