Biology and the Foundations of EthicsJane Maienschein, Michael Ruse Cambridge University Press, 28 февр. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 336 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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Aristotle on the Biological Roots of Virtue The Natural History of Natural Virtue | 10 |
The Moral Status of Animals in EighteenthCentury British Philosophy | 32 |
From Natural Law to Evolutionary Ethics in Enlightenment French Natural History | 52 |
French Evolutionary Ethics during the Third Republic | 84 |
The State and Nature of Unity and Freedom German Romantic Biology and Ethics | 98 |
Darwins Romantic Biology The Foundation of His Evolutionary Ethics | 113 |
Nietzsche and Darwin | 154 |
Evolutionary Ethics in the Twentieth Century Julian Sorell Huxley and George Gaylord Simpson | 198 |
The Laws of Inheritance and the Rules of Morality Early Geneticists on Evolution and Ethics | 225 |
Scientific Responsibility and Political Context The Case of Genetics under the Swastika | 257 |
The Case against Evolutionary Ethics Today | 276 |
Biology and Value Theory | 307 |
Notes on Contributors | 329 |
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