The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Canada
domestic violence in
homicides in
military forces in
nationalism in Québec
terrorism in
violence in
cannibalism
Capitalist Peace
capital punishment
Caplan, Bryan
Carey, John
Carlin, George
Carlsmith, Kevin
Carnegie, Andrew
Carnot, Sadi
Carter, Jimmy
Carthage vs. Rome
Caspi, Avshalom
Castellio, Sebastian
cat, Rage circuit of
catecholamines; see also dopamine; MAO-A; norepinephrine; serotonin
categorical imperative
categorization
Cathars
Catherine, Saint
Cederman, Lars-Erik
Celsus
Centola, Damon
Central African Empire
Chabris, Christopher
Chad
Chagnon, Napoleon
Chalk, Frank
Chambri people
chance, see randomness
Chaney, James
Chaplin, Charlie
chariots
Charles I, king of England
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Chechnya
Chekhov, Anton
chemical weapons
Cheney, Dick
chiefdoms
children:
abuse and neglect of
adopted
bullying of
child labor
corporal punishment of
development of
education of
fatherless
infanticide
overprotecting
parent-offspring conflict
peer environment of
rights of
risk of kidnapping
sacralization of
sacrifice
socialization of
spanking
survival of
violence against
violence by
Chile
chimpanzees
China:
autocracy of
and commerce
conflicts in
Cultural Revolution
expansionist
female infanticide in
genocide in
Great Leap Forward
and great powers
historical scholarship in
homicide rates in
immigrants from
knives in
one-child policy in
Opium Wars
Taiping Rebellion
U.S. comity with
and Vietnam
warlord era
and Warrior Gene
Chirot, Daniel
chivalry
Chivington, John
Churchill, Winston
CIA, covert operations of
cities:
cosmopolitan
and health
population of
rise of
and suburbs
violence in
civil defense
civilization
emergence of
civilizing offensive
Civilizing Process
commerce
decivilization in 1960s,
and Enlightenment
etiquette
European homicide decline
and Humanitarian Revolution
introduction of concept
and Leviathan
in medieval Europe
recivilization in 1990s,
reduction in frequency of war
and Rights Revolutions
and self-control
and sexuality
and social class
in U.S.
around the world
civil rights
and Global Village
and homosexuality
and racist attitudes
voting rights
see also African Americans
Civil Rights Acts (1964; 1968)
civil war
in anocracies
costs of
and decolonization
and democracy
in developing world
and education
and ethnicity
and great powers
and ideology
and inept government
and national borders
negotiated settlements
and poverty
and psychopathy
and religion
and trade
and young men
Civil War, U.S.
death toll in
Clark, Gregory
clash of civilizations
Clauset, Aaron
Clausewitz, Karl von
Clay, Henry
Cleaver, Eldridge
Cleveland, Robert Nasruk
climate change
Clinton, Bill
Clockwork Orange, A (film)
cluster illusion
Cobden, Richard
Cochran, Gregory
Cockburn, J. S.
code of the streets; see also honor
cognitive dissonance
cognitive illusions, xxiii; see also availability heuristic; cluster illusion; conjunction fallacy; loss aversion; overconfidence; positive illusions; sunk-cost fallacy
Cohen, Dov
Cohen, Jonathan
Cold War
end of
interstate wars in Europe
mutually assured destruction
proxy wars
superpower confrontations
Cole, Michael
Collier, Paul
Collins, Randall
Colombia
Columbine High School
commerce:
Christian ideology vs.
cooperation in
and genocide
growth of
international trade
and money
protectionist tariffs
and transportation
see also gentle commerce
common knowledge
communality, see Community, ethic of
communal violence, see intercommunal conflict
communism
collapse of
and genocide
ideology of
Community, ethic of
compartmentalization, moral
compassion see also empathy; sympathy
complex systems, science of
Concert of Europe
concrete operations, Piagetian stage
Conflict Catalog
conformity
Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC)
Congo Free State
conjunction fallacy
conquest
Conquest, Robert
Conrad, Joseph
conscience; see also moral sense
conscientious objection
consciousness
conscription, see military conscription
conservatism
and intelligence
and morality
and treatment of animals
see also liberalism, and conservatism
Constantine, Emperor
Constitution, U.S.:
amendments:
Second
Eighth
Thirteenth
Nineteenth
design of
and gentle commerce
Cool Hand Luke (film)
Cooney, Mark
cooperation
in commerce
evolution of
and intelligence
norms of
in Prisoner’s Dilemma games
and Tragedy of the Commons
coordination games
corporal punishment:
of children
and torture
Correlates
of War Project
Cosmides, Leda
cosmopolitanism
and democracy
and end of Cold War
vs. genocidal ideologies
introduction to concept
and liberalism
vs. macho dominance
opposition to
and Rights Revolutions
costly signaling
counter-Enlightenment
Country Joe and the Fish
Coupland, Reginald
coups d’état
Courtwright, David
Cousins, Norman
Cramb, J. A.
crappy governments, see anocracy; praetorian regimes
critical theory
Crockett, Davy
Cromwell, Oliver
Cromwell, Thomas
Cronin, Audrey
crowds, madness of
crucifixion
cruelty-free, use of term
Crusades
Cuban Missile Crisis
Curry, Ann
cuteness, and empathy
Czechoslovakia
Dahmer, Jeffrey
Daltrey, Roger
Daly, Martin
Damasio, Antonio
Dana, Richard Henry
Darfur
Darley, John
Darnton, Robert
Darrow, Clarence
Darwin, Charles
The Descent of Man
The Origin of Species
David, King
Davies, Norman
Dawkins, Richard
Dayak people of Borneo
Dean, Howard
Deary, Ian
death penalty, see capital punishment
debt bondage
Decety, Jean
Declaration of Independence, U.S.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, France
decolonization
defense mechanisms
dehumanization
deism
delay of gratification; see also self-control
deMause, Lloyd
democide, see genocide
democracy
and capitalism
checks and balances in
and civil war
constitutional government
definition of
and education
emergence of
free speech in
and intelligence
and Kantian triangle
liberal
meanings of
and 1960s decivilization process
and peace
and reasoning
and Rights Revolutions
separation of powers in
spread of
and urbanization
Democratic Peace theory
demonization
den Boer, Andrea
dependency theorists
depression, medication for
Dershowitz, Alan
Descartes, René
despotism
DeSteno, David
deterrence
Deutch, John
Deuteronomy, Book of
developing world
anarchy in
childhood deaths in
democracy in
economic growth in
famine and disease
homicide rates in
liberation movements in
Marxism in
and plunder
and poverty
violence following decolonization
warfare in
Dhlakama, Afonso
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Diamond, Jared
Dickens, Charles
Dictator game
dictatorships; see also autocracy; totalitarianism
Diderot, Denis
Diels, Janie
DiIulio, John
Dionysian vs. Apollonian cultures
discounting, temporal; see also self-control
discrimination
disgust
Disney, Walt
distress
and sympathy-altruism hypothesis
District of Columbia, homicides in
Divinity, ethic of; see also disgust; Purity, ethic of
Djilas, Milovan
DNA testing
Dodds, Graham
dodgeball
domestic violence
outside U.S.
dominance
and anarchy
and the brain
as cause of war
circuit in brain
gender differences in
group (tribalism)
hierarchies of
and information
introduction of concept
and nationalism
dominance (cont.)
and sadism
and self-esteem
and social identity
as zero-sum game
dominance hierarchy
Dominica
Donohue, John
Doomsday Clock
dopamine
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Douglas, William O.
Douglass, Frederick
Dover Doctrine
Dowd, Maureen
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Draco
Draize procedure
drones
drugs:
decriminalization of