Author : Jane Maienschein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 1999-02-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521559232
This collection of essays focuses on the connection between biology and questions in ethics.
Author : Giovanni Boniolo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 28,81 MB
Release : 2006-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139458418
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.
Author : David Owen Brink
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 1989-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521359375
A systematic analysis considers the objectivity of ethics, the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalist worldview and its role in a person's rational lifespan.
Author : Philip Clayton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,23 MB
Release : 2004-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780802826954
Certain to engage scholars, students, and general readers alike, Evolution and Ethics offers a balanced, levelheaded, constructive approach to an often divisive debate.
Author : Larry Arnhart
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 1998-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791495302
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.
Author : Eugene C. Hargrove
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Nature
ISBN :
In this book, the author examines the history of ideas that has produced the conflict between Western environmentalism and other Western traditions.
Author : Jane Maienschein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 1999-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521551007
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.
Author : James Davison Hunter
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300196288
Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E. O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of that quest. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. But rather than giving up in the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded, ironically, that right and wrong don't actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a feeble program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Concise and rigorously argued, Science and the Good is a definitive critique of a would-be science that has gained extraordinary influence in public discourse today and an exposé of that project's darker turn.
Author : Jordi Casamitjana
Publisher : September Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1912836874
'Powerful and poignant.' Virginia McKenna OBE, Born Free Ethical veganism is not just a diet. Not just an opinion; nor a trend. This is a 21st-century revolution which began more than twenty centuries ago. Ethical veganism is not only about the food you choose to consume, it is a coherent philosophical belief that affects most areas of your life, and which could be the answer to today's global crises. Jordi Casamitjana is the vegan zoologist and animal protection campaigner whose landmark Employment Tribunal in 2020 made ethical veganism a protected belief in Great Britain. Ethical Vegan describes Jordi's extraordinary life and the animal encounters which led him to veganism and legal victory. It debunks myths and dispels preconceptions, offering a comprehensive analysis of veganism as a philosophy and as a socio-political transformative movement. Taking in history, science and everyday living, it explores how it is possible to dress ethically, travel, consume and work responsibly and, of course, eat well without compromising vegan ethics. Ethical Vegan is a riveting read - Jordi Casamitjana argues passionately for humans to interact with the world in a positive and compassionate way. This thought-provoking manifesto for doing no harm has the power to open people's minds and help to achieve a better future for all living things and the planet. As informative as it is incisive, as inspiring as it is inviting, this book will become one of the stand-out pieces of literature in the animal liberation movement. A must read whether you are vegan, vegetarian or otherwise!' Jay Brave
Author : David Livingstone Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107055830
A collection of original essays by major thinkers, addressing how the biological sciences inform and inspire philosophical research.
