Issues in Evolutionary Ethics (SUNY Series in Phil (Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology) - Softcover

Thompson, Paul

 
9780791420287: Issues in Evolutionary Ethics (SUNY Series in Phil (Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0791420280 ISBN 13: 9780791420287
Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores historical and current discussions of the relevance of evolutionary theory to ethics. The historical section conveys the intellectual struggle that took place within the framework of Darwinism from its inception up to the work of G. C. Williams, W. D. Hamilton, R. D. Alexander, A. L. Trivers, E. O. Wilson, R. Dawkins, and others. The contemporary section discusses ethics within the framework of evolutionary theory as enriched by the works of biologists such as those mentioned above. The issue of whether ethical practice and ethical theory can be grounded in the theory of evolution has taken a new and significant direction within the context of sociobiology and is proving to be a challenge to previous thinking. This book conveys that challenge.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Thompson is Professor of Philosophy in the University of Toronto, is Principal and of Scarborough College at the University of Toronto, and is the author of The Structure of Biological Theories published by SUNY Press

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Verlag
State University of New York Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0791420280
ISBN 13 
9780791420287
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
462
Herausgeber
Thompson Paul
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