The Evolution Of Ethics
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The Cambridge Handbook Of Evolutionary Ethics
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Author : Michael Ruse
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-24
The Cambridge Handbook Of Evolutionary Ethics written by Michael Ruse and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-24 with History categories.
This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.
The Evolution Of Ethics
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Author : Sarah Bromberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Evolution Of Ethics written by Sarah Bromberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Ethics, Evolutionary categories.
The Evolution Of Ethics
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Author : Sarah Bromberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-08
The Evolution Of Ethics written by Sarah Bromberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-08 with categories.
The Evolution of Ethics constructs a conceptual bridge between biology and human behavior. This is accomplished by examining the cultural and biological feedback systems that inspires the evolution of social rules. In theory, a cybernetic process is at the heart of developing ethical systems. This process occurs when biology and culture collide."
The Evolution Of Morality
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Author : Richard Joyce
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2007-08-24
The Evolution Of Morality written by Richard Joyce and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-24 with Philosophy categories.
Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million years ago, or is it a cultural invention of more recent origin? In The Evolution of Morality, Richard Joyce takes up these controversial questions, finding that the evidence supports an innate basis to human morality. As a moral philosopher, Joyce is interested in whether any implications follow from this hypothesis. Might the fact that the human brain has been biologically prepared by natural selection to engage in moral judgment serve in some sense to vindicate this way of thinking—staving off the threat of moral skepticism, or even undergirding some version of moral realism? Or if morality has an adaptive explanation in genetic terms—if it is, as Joyce writes, "just something that helped our ancestors make more babies"—might such an explanation actually undermine morality's central role in our lives? He carefully examines both the evolutionary "vindication of morality" and the evolutionary "debunking of morality," considering the skeptical view more seriously than have others who have treated the subject. Interdisciplinary and combining the latest results from the empirical sciences with philosophical discussion, The Evolution of Morality is one of the few books in this area written from the perspective of moral philosophy. Concise and without technical jargon, the arguments are rigorous but accessible to readers from different academic backgrounds. Joyce discusses complex issues in plain language while advocating subtle and sometimes radical views. The Evolution of Morality lays the philosophical foundations for further research into the biological understanding of human morality.
Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics
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Author : Johan De Smedt
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-05-04
Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics written by Johan De Smedt and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-04 with Philosophy categories.
A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present literature has focused on the link between evolution and moral realism: if our moral beliefs enhance fitness, does this mean they track moral truths? In spite of the growing empirical evidence, these discussions tend to remain high-level: the mere fact that morality has evolved is often deemed enough to decide questions in normative and meta-ethics. This volume starts from the assumption that the details about the evolution of morality do make a difference, and asks how. It presents original essays by authors from various disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, developmental psychology, and primatology, who write in conversation with neuroscience, sociology, and cognitive psychology.
Evolution Ethics
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Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009
Evolution Ethics written by Thomas Henry Huxley and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Philosophy categories.
'Evolution and Ethics' widely considered to be Huxley's greatest lecture, distilled a lifetime's wisdom and sensitive understanding of the nature and needs of humankind. This new edition places it in its original context while showing its even deeper relevance for our own time.
Evolution And Ethics
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Author : Philip Clayton
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2004-08-04
Evolution And Ethics written by Philip Clayton and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-04 with Medical categories.
Certain to engage scholars, students, and general readers alike, Evolution and Ethics offers a balanced, levelheaded, constructive approach to an often divisive debate.
Evolutionary Ethics
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Author : Matthew H. Nitecki
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Evolutionary Ethics written by Matthew H. Nitecki and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
This volume analyzes the biological and philosophical disagreements in evolutionary ethics and points out difficulties with the interpretations. The book is divided into four sections. The first is an historical introduction to the origin of evolutionary ethics, showing how different evolutionary ethics was a hundred years ago, and how distant Huxley is from most of us now. The second section argues for a sociobiological interpretation of evolutionary ethics. The third section presents the view opposite to that of the second section and rejects the sociobiological interpretation. The fourth section deals objectively with many complex and fundamental issues from diverse perspectives.
Evolution And Ethics And Other Essays
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Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
language : en
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Release Date : 1894
Evolution And Ethics And Other Essays written by Thomas Henry Huxley and has been published by London : Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Capital categories.
Evolution And Ethics
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Author : James G. Paradis
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Evolution And Ethics written by James G. Paradis and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Philosophy categories.
T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.