Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1107132959
This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.
Author : C. S. Wareham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108495133
The first volume of new work dedicated specifically to ageing ethics - wide-ranging, clear, and accessible.
Author : Jane Maienschein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 1999-02-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521559232
This collection of essays focuses on the connection between biology and questions in ethics.
Author : Sherel Jeevan Joseph Mendonsa
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 152759131X
Some of the most fundamental questions which moral philosophers have been grappling with include: What makes us moral beings? Is morality a product of culture or nature or both? Are ethical norms and principles universal and unchanging or are they relative, being rooted in specific socio-political and historical contexts? Can ethical conclusions be derived from descriptive statements? This book addresses these and similar questions through a comparative study between Alasdair MacIntyre’s views and biological ethics. It discusses how both MacIntyre’s views and biological ethics highlight the importance of human biology for human morality. Based on this discussion, the book proposes that both the rational and the biological (including the emotional) dimensions of humans have to be considered in order to understand the complex and multi-layered phenomenon of human morality. As such, it will prove to be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of moral philosophy, especially those interested in studying the biological approach toward ethics, Thomistic Aristotelian ethics and metaethics.
Author : Jonathan Fuqua
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1316517713
The first handbook on the topic of religious epistemology introduces and discusses topics fundamental to the epistemology of religious belief.
Author : Johan De Smedt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 303068802X
A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present literature has focused on the link between evolution and moral realism: if our moral beliefs enhance fitness, does this mean they track moral truths? In spite of the growing empirical evidence, these discussions tend to remain high-level: the mere fact that morality has evolved is often deemed enough to decide questions in normative and meta-ethics. This volume starts from the assumption that the details about the evolution of morality do make a difference, and asks how. It presents original essays by authors from various disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, developmental psychology, and primatology, who write in conversation with neuroscience, sociology, and cognitive psychology.
Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Capital
ISBN :
Author : Bernard E. Rollin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 2006-03-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139455044
In Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues that are relevant to science and how they are ignored, to the detriment of both science and society. These include research on human subjects, animal research, genetic engineering, biotechnology, cloning, xenotransplantation, and stem cell research. Rollin also explores the ideological agnosticism that scientists have displayed regarding subjective experience in humans and animals, and its pernicious effect on pain management. Finally, he articulates the implications of the ideological denial of ethics for the practice of science itself in terms of fraud, plagiarism, and data falsification. In engaging prose and with philosophical sophistication, Rollin cogently argues in favor of making education in ethics part and parcel of scientific training.
Author : Philip J. Corr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108417099
Research on personality psychology is making important contributions to psychological science and applied psychology. This second edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology offers a one-stop resource for scientific personality psychology. It summarizes cutting-edge personality research in all its forms, including genetics, psychometrics, social-cognitive psychology, and real-world expressions, with informative and lively chapters that also highlight some areas of controversy. The team of renowned international authors, led by two esteemed editors, ensures a wide range of theoretical perspectives. Each research area is discussed in terms of scientific foundations, main theories and findings, and future directions for research. The handbook also features advances in technology, such as molecular genetics and functional neuroimaging, as well as contemporary statistical approaches. An invaluable aid to understanding the central role played by personality in psychology, it will appeal to students, researchers, and practitioners in psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and the social sciences.
Author : Abigail Lustig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781139453479
In Darwinian Heresies, which was originally published in 2004, prominent historians and philosophers of science trace the history of evolutionary thought, and challenge many of the assumptions that have built up over the years. Covering a wide range of issues starting in the eighteenth century, Darwinian Heresies brings us through the time of Charles Darwin and the Origin, and then through the twentieth century to the present. It is suggested that Darwin's true roots lie in Germany, not his native England, that Russian evolutionism is more significant than many are prepared to allow, and that the true influence on twentieth-century evolution biology was not Charles Darwin at all, but his often-despised contemporary, Herbert Spencer. The collection was intended to interest, to excite, to infuriate, and to stimulate further work.
