Human Nature After Darwin: A Philosophical Introduction

✍ Scribed by Janet Richards

• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 324
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Human Nature After Darwin is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation. It casts new light on current Darwinian controversies, also providing an introduction to philosophical reasoning and a range of philosophical problems.Janet Radcliffe Richards claims that many current battles about Darwinism are based on mistaken assumptions about the implications of the rival views. Her analysis of these implications provides a much-needed guide to the fundamentals of Darwinism and the so-called Darwin wars, as well as providing a set of philosophical techniques relevant to wide areas of moral and political debate.The lucid presentation makes the book an ideal introduction to both philosophy and Darwinism as well as a substantive contribution to topics of intense current controversy. It will be of interest to students of philosophy, science and the social sciences, and critical thinking.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 The theory......Page 15
2 The sceptics......Page 36
3 Internecine strife......Page 62
4 Implications and conditionals......Page 98
5 Biology as destiny......Page 111
6 Blameless puppets......Page 137
7 Selfish genes and moral animals......Page 165
8 The end of ethics......Page 195
9 Onwards and upwards......Page 223
10 The real differences......Page 270
Notes......Page 282
Answers to exercises......Page 284
Revision questions......Page 299
Answers to revision questions......Page 310
Bibliography......Page 318
Index......Page 320