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Evolutionary ethics and contemporary biology / edited by Giovanni Boniolo, Gabriele De Anna

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource
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Boniolo, Giovanni and De Anna, Gabriele, 1970-
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Contents
Is Darwinian metaethics possible (and if it is, is it well taken)? / Michael Ruse -- The descent of instinct and the ascent of ethics / Giovanni Boniolo -- Are human beings part of the rest of nature? / Christopher Lang, Elliot Sober and Karen Strier -- The nature of resemblance : homologies in the nervous system and behavioral correspondence / Aldo Fasolo -- Genetic influences on moral capacity : what genetic mutants can teach us / Giovanni Boniolo and Paolo Vezzoni -- Evolutionary psychopharmacology, mental disorders, and ethical behavior / Stefano Canali, Gabriele De Anna and Luca Pani -- The biology of human culture and ethics : an evolutionary perspective / Stefano Parmigiani, Gabriele De Anna, Danilo Mainardi and Paola Palanza -- Biology to ethics : an evolutionist's view of human nature / Francisco Ayala -- Between fragile altruism and morality : evolution and the emergence of normative guidance / Philip Kitcher -- Will genomics do more for metaphysics than Locke? / Alex Rosenberg.
Summary
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.
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0511241763 (electronic bk.)
9780511241765 (electronic bk.)
9780511242212 (electronic bk.)
0511242212 (electronic bk.)
0511241267 (electronic bk.)
9780511241260 (electronic bk.)
9780511498428 (electronic bk.)
051149842X (electronic bk.)
9780521122702 (paperback)
0521122708
0521856299
9780521856294
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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