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From Mandeville to Darwin,
By John C. Landon "nemonemini" (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics (Suny Series in Philosophy an (Suny Series, Philosophy & Biology) (Paperback)
This is a useful scholarly resource for the debate over philosophies and theories of the evolution of ethics, placing the questions in the context of the history of philosophy. Frequently noted and carefully examined here is the resemblance of Darwinian theory both to and in the context of the philosophy of ethics, and of economic ideology, from Mandeville to Smith, with Hume and Kant in the mainline. The ambiguity of sociobiological theories of altruism is thus seen in its own peculiar lineage. Has evolutionary theory really transcended this history of philosophy? The book is sympathetic to Darwinism yet gives sufficient ground to stand back and examine the history of the theory in a broader context.
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- Biology and the Foundations of Ethics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Jane Maienschein on 4 pages
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- Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (Princeton Science Library) by Andrew H. Knoll in Back Matter
- Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective by Philip Clayton in Front Matter
- Evolutionary Theory & Victorian Culture (Control of Nature) by Martin Fichman in Back Matter
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