Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology

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Edited by Giovanni Boniolo, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, Gabriele De Anna, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: July 2009
Print publication year:: 2006
Online ISBN:: 9780511498428
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498428

Subjects:: History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, General Science
Series:: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

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How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by examining how evolutionism can explain and justify the existence of ethical normativity and the emergence of particular moral systems. Written by a team of philosophers and scientists, the essays collected in this volume deal with the limits of evolutionary explanations, the justifications of ethics, and methodological issues concerning evolutionary accounts of ethics, among other topics. They offer deep insights into the origin and purpose of human moral capacities and of moral systems.

Review of the hardback:'I recommend this volume to philosophers and scientists interested in evolutionary ethics and its relationships to contemporary biology. It succeeds in presenting a wide range of plausible evolutionarily and biologically based explanations of aspects of morality and, in the cases of Kitcher and Rosenberg, two very promising complementary accounts of its origins.'

Source: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Review of the hardback:'Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology is a welcome contribution that raises pressing questions and offers insightful responses that scientists and philosophers alike would do well to grapple with.'

Source: The Journal of Value Inquiry

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-x

Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp 1-10

PART I - THE LIMITS OF EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS OF ETHICS
pp 11-12

1 - Is Darwinian Metaethics Possible (And If It Is, Is It Well Taken)?
pp 13-26

2 - The Descent of Instinct and the Ascent of Ethics
pp 27-40

PART II - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES CONCERNING EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNTS OF ETHICS
pp 41-42

3 - Are Human Beings Part of the Rest of Nature?
pp 43-55

4 - The Nature of Resemblance: Homologues in the Nervous System and Behavioral Correspondence
pp 56-74

PART III - HOW BIOLOGICAL RESULTS CAN HELP EXPLAIN MORALLY RELEVANT HUMAN CAPACITIES
pp 75-76

5 - Genetic Influences on Moral Capacity: What Genetic Mutants Can Teach Us
pp 77-96

6 - Evolutionary Psychopharmacology, Mental Disorders, and Ethical Behavior
pp 97-120

7 - The Biology of Human Culture and Ethics: An Evolutionary Perspective
pp 121-138

PART IV - HOW BIOLOGICAL RESULTS CAN HELP EXPLAIN MORAL SYSTEMS
pp 139-140

8 - Biology to Ethics: An Evolutionist's View of Human Nature
pp 141-158

9 - Between Fragile Altruism and Morality: Evolution and the Emergence of Normative Guidance
pp 159-177

10 - Will Genomics Do More for Metaphysics Than Locke?
pp 178-198

Index
pp 199-207

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
pp 208-208

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