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How long does it take to read Moral Tribes?

Joshua David Greene

Moral Tribes by Joshua David Greene takes about 7 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 44 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2013. 422 pages, about 116,050 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 54 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 44 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 50 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us) and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern times have forced the world's tribes into a shared space, resulting in epic clashes of values along with unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the moral lines that divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and we wonder where, if at all, we can find our common ground. In this grand synthesis of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, a pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals the underlying causes of modern conflict and lights the way forward.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Ethics, Civilization, Emotions, Ethik, Gesellschaft, Sozialpsychologie

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