Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human NatureState University of New York Press, 2 апр. 1998 г. - Всего страниц: 348 This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural right" based on the claim that the good is the desirable, the author argues that there are at least twenty natural desires that are universal to all human societies because they are based in human biology. The satisfaction of these natural desires constitutes a universal standard for judging social practice as either fulfilling or frustrating human nature, although prudence is required in judging what is best for particular circumstances. The author studies the familial bonding of parents and children and the conjugal bonding of men and women as illustrating social behavior that conforms to Darwinian natural right. He also studies slavery and psychopathy as illustrating social behavior that contradicts Darwinian natural right. He argues as well that the natural moral sense does not require religious belief, although such belief can sometimes reinforce the dictates of nature. |
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... arguments , his brilliant work in applying biological reasoning to issues in political philosophy has been a model for me to imitate . I began working on this book during the academic year of 1988-1989 , which I spent at Stanford ...
... arguments , his brilliant work in applying biological reasoning to issues in political philosophy has been a model for me to imitate . I began working on this book during the academic year of 1988-1989 , which I spent at Stanford ...
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... argues that the aim of politics is to shape moral character to satisfy the natural desires of human beings . In the Ethics , he studies the moral and intellectual virtues necessary for human flourishing or happiness . In the Politics ...
... argues that the aim of politics is to shape moral character to satisfy the natural desires of human beings . In the Ethics , he studies the moral and intellectual virtues necessary for human flourishing or happiness . In the Politics ...
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... argued that Aristotle's political thought rested on a biological understanding of human nature that was essentially compatible with modern Darwinian theories of social behavior . Masters saw a biological approach to politics in ...
... argued that Aristotle's political thought rested on a biological understanding of human nature that was essentially compatible with modern Darwinian theories of social behavior . Masters saw a biological approach to politics in ...
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... argument , in response to Strauss , that Aristotle's teleological conception of nature was based primarily on his ... arguments of Masters led me to read Darwin to see if his account of human nature would support Aristotle's idea of ...
... argument , in response to Strauss , that Aristotle's teleological conception of nature was based primarily on his ... arguments of Masters led me to read Darwin to see if his account of human nature would support Aristotle's idea of ...
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... argued that a Darwinian explanation of nature denies any appeal to God as the transcendent ground of morality . These ... argue that these are false dichotomies . ( 1 ) If the human good is what is desirable for human beings , then the ...
... argued that a Darwinian explanation of nature denies any appeal to God as the transcendent ground of morality . These ... argue that these are false dichotomies . ( 1 ) If the human good is what is desirable for human beings , then the ...
Содержание
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Four Sources of Moral Disagreement | 44 |
POLITICAL ANIMALS | 51 |
THE HUMAN NATURE OF MORALITY AND FREEDOM | 69 |
PARENT AND CHILD | 89 |
MAN AND WOMAN | 123 |
MASTER AND SLAVE | 161 |
THE POVERTY OF PSYCHOPATHIC DESIRE | 211 |
THE ENDS AND KINDS OF LIFE | 231 |
NATURE AND NATURES GOD | 249 |
References | 277 |
Index | 321 |
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