There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This collection of new essays focuses on the connection between biology and foundational questions in ethics. The book asks such questions as whether humans are innately selfish, and whether there are particular facets of human nature that bear directly on social practices. This is the first book to offer this historical perspective on the relation of biology and ethics, and has been written by some of the leading figures in the history and philosophy of science, whose work stands very much at the cutting edge of these disciplines.
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There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This collection of new essays focuses on the connection between biology and foundational questions in ethics. The book asks such questions as whether humans are innately selfish, and whether there are particular facets of human nature that bear directly on social practices. This is the first book to offer this historical perspective on the relation of biology and ethics, and has been written by some of the leading figures in the history and philosophy of science, whose work stands very much at the cutting-edge of these disciplines.
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Traditionally, attempts to relate Aristotle's well-known passion for biology to his ethical thought have focused on two points of intersection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Cambridge University Press, Origin of Species, Descent of Man, Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, Julian Huxley, United States, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Human All-Too-Human, Johns Hopkins, Nicomachean Ethics, Third Reich, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Personal Narrative, Presses Universitaires de France, World War, David Hume, Historia Animalium, New Haven, The Gay Science, Yale University Press New!
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Traditionally, attempts to relate Aristotle's well-known passion for biology to his ethical thought have focused on two points of intersection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
altruism guarantee, feeling profile, evolutionary ethicists, categorical justification, evolutionary ethics, posthumous fragment, deep preferences, selective thinking, practically intelligent, archetype theory, altruistic instincts, perceptual claim, biological progress Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, Origin of Species, Descent of Man, Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, Julian Huxley, United States, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Human All-Too-Human, Johns Hopkins, Nicomachean Ethics, Third Reich, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Personal Narrative, Presses Universitaires de France, World War, David Hume, Historia Animalium, New Haven, The Gay Science, Yale University Press New!
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- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 23 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 23 pages
- The Descent of Man (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin on 22 pages
- The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche on 11 pages
- Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche on 10 pages
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- Religion In The Liberal Polity by Terence Cuneo on page 90, page 93, and Back Matter
- Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Giovanni Boniolo in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Modern Biotechnology in Postmodern Times? A Reflection on European Policies and Human Agency by L. Reuter in Back Matter
- Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals I-IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series) by James G. Lennox in Back Matter
- Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition (Bradford Books) by William D. Casebeer in Back Matter
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