Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index
Commonsense Darwinism: evolution, morality, and the human condition
โ Scribed by Lemos, John
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 265
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"Examines the philosophical implications of evolutionary biology"--Provided by publisher.;Introduction -- Defending a sociobiological account of morality -- Nonobjectivist evolutionary ethics -- Recent objectivist approaches to evolutionary ethics -- Sketch of an Aristotelian evolutionary ethics -- Evolutionary biology and the moral status of animals -- Faith, reason, and evolutionary epistemology -- Psychological egoism and evolutionary biology -- Evolution and free will : Darwinian non-naturalism defended -- Recent developments in the philosophy of evolution.
โฆ Table of Contents
Introduction --
Defending a sociobiological account of morality --
Nonobjectivist evolutionary ethics --
Recent objectivist approaches to evolutionary ethics --
Sketch of an Aristotelian evolutionary ethics --
Evolutionary biology and the moral status of animals --
Faith, reason, and evolutionary epistemology --
Psychological egoism and evolutionary biology --
Evolution and free will : Darwinian non-naturalism defended --
Recent developments in the philosophy of evolution.
โฆ Subjects
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy;Ethics, Evolutionary;Electronic books;Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy
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