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Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott M. James
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444329529
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics written by Scott M. James and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the first general introductory text to this subject, the timely Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics reflects the most up-to-date research and current issues being debated in both psychology and philosophy. The book presents students to the areas of cognitive psychology, normative ethics, and metaethics. The first general introduction to evolutionary ethics Provides a comprehensive survey of work in three distinct areas of research: cognitive psychology, normative ethics, and metaethics Presents the most up-to-date research available in both psychology and philosophy Written in an engaging and accessible style for undergraduates and the interested general reader Discusses the evolution of morality, broadening its relevance to those studying psychology
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780526936687
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (366 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340650148
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (51 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331999181
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (991 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Evolutionary Ethics: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Cornell University in Fulfillment of a Part of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, May, 1895 University Faculty in allowing postponement of publica tion SO long. The writer would not have availed himself of this, had it not been for the exacting duties of a general chair of Philosophy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330188514
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (885 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Evolutionary Ethics: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Cornell University in Fulfillment of a Part of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, May, 1895 It is not altogether satisfactory to publish a thesis nearly seven years after writing it. The problem is presented of maintaining practically the same arguments and conclusions which were then held, and at the same time to be true to ones present thought. In the solution of this difficulty, there has been a partial rearrangement of the material, and the concluding chapter of each part has been somewhat modified. Yet the thesis remains practically as it was at first presented. The slight modifications are, it is hoped in the direction of real progress in thought in the intervening years, and the writer has no intention of disowning his product. A present writing de novo would furnish, however, a somewhat different work, especially taking into account, and profiting by, several important works on various phases of the subject which have more recently appeared. Chapters I, II, III, V, VI, and VII are in part expository and in part critical, while Chapters IV and VIII are intended to mark an advance and to be suggestive of doctrine. The writer has departed somewhat from the usual custom in not using quotation marks, and in not giving page and line references in exposition. The works referred to are so well known, and the exposition carried on to such an extent, that even though the language of the original has been used constantly, it would seem unnecessary and even pedantic to formally credit the references. I wish to acknowledge my deep obligation to President Jacob Gould Shurman, my teacher and inspirer in ethical study, while this thesis was being prepared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Paul Lawrence Farber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520213696
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics written by Paul Lawrence Farber and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary theory tells us about our biological past; can it also guide us to a moral future? Paul Farber's compelling book describes a century-old philosophical hope held by many biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and social thinkers: that universal ethical and social imperatives are built into human nature and can be discovered through knowledge of evolutionary theory. Farber describes three upsurges of enthusiasm for evolutionary ethics. The first came in the early years of mid-nineteenth century evolutionary theories; the second in the 1920s and '30s, in the years after the cultural catastrophe of World War I; and the third arrived with the recent grand claims of sociobiology to offer a sound biological basis for a theory of human culture. Unlike many who have written on evolutionary ethics, Farber considers the responses made by philosophers over the years. He maintains that their devastating criticisms have been forgotten—thus the history of evolutionary ethics is essentially one of oft-repeated philosophical mistakes. Historians, scientists, social scientists, and anyone concerned about the elusive basis of selflessness, altruism, and morality will welcome Farber's enlightening book.
Author : Thomas Huxley
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Ethics written by Thomas Huxley and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution and Ethics' addressed the social and political debate about the application of the evolutionary principle of competition in society during the 1890s. Huxley, a renowned supporter of Darwin, was strictly against such application as he threatened that ethics, the base of a civilized community, would vanish. He argued that ethical process kept natural processes in check and made men truly human. Moreover, Huxley emphasized that while evolution governed nature's biological realm, ethics was the domain of human conscience and society.
Author : Antony G. N. Flew
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349002712
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Ethics written by Antony G. N. Flew and published by Springer. This book was released on 1967-06-18 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108509312
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics written by Michael Ruse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. In recent decades, however, evolutionary ethics has found new support among both the Darwinian and the Spencerian traditions. This accessible volume looks at the history of thought about evolutionary ethics as well as current debates in the subject, examining first the claims of supporters and then the responses of their critics. Topics covered include social Darwinism, moral realism, and debunking arguments. Clearly written and structured, the book guides readers through the arguments on both sides, and emphasises the continuing relevance of evolutionary theory to our understanding of ethics today.
Author : Neil Levy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351938029
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Ethics written by Neil Levy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Might human morality be a product of evolution? An increasing number of philosophers and scientists believe that moral judgment and behaviour emerged because it enhanced the fitness of our distant ancestors. This volume collects some recent explorations of the evidence for this claim, as well as papers examining its implications. Is an evolved morality a genuine morality? Does an evolutionary origin deflate the pretensions of morality, or strip it of its force in guiding behaviour? Is an evolutionary approach compatible with realism about morality? All sides of these debates are represented in this volume.
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780649449620
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Clayton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802826954
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Ethics written by Philip Clayton and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain to engage scholars, students, and general readers alike, Evolution and Ethics offers a balanced, levelheaded, constructive approach to an often divisive debate.
Author : Melbourne Stuart Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book English Evolutionary Ethics written by Melbourne Stuart Read and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Lawrence Farber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520920972
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics written by Paul Lawrence Farber and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-10-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary theory tells us about our biological past; can it also guide us to a moral future? Paul Farber's compelling book describes a century-old philosophical hope held by many biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and social thinkers: that universal ethical and social imperatives are built into human nature and can be discovered through knowledge of evolutionary theory. Farber describes three upsurges of enthusiasm for evolutionary ethics. The first came in the early years of mid-nineteenth century evolutionary theories; the second in the 1920s and '30s, in the years after the cultural catastrophe of World War I; and the third arrived with the recent grand claims of sociobiology to offer a sound biological basis for a theory of human culture. Unlike many who have written on evolutionary ethics, Farber considers the responses made by philosophers over the years. He maintains that their devastating criticisms have been forgotten—thus the history of evolutionary ethics is essentially one of oft-repeated philosophical mistakes. Historians, scientists, social scientists, and anyone concerned about the elusive basis of selflessness, altruism, and morality will welcome Farber's enlightening book.
Author : Matthew H. Nitecki
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791414996
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (149 download)
Download or read book Evolutionary Ethics written by Matthew H. Nitecki and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the biological and philosophical disagreements in evolutionary ethics and points out difficulties with the interpretations. The book is divided into four sections. The first is an historical introduction to the origin of evolutionary ethics, showing how different evolutionary ethics was a hundred years ago, and how distant Huxley is from most of us now. The second section argues for a sociobiological interpretation of evolutionary ethics. The third section presents the view opposite to that of the second section and rejects the sociobiological interpretation. The fourth section deals objectively with many complex and fundamental issues from diverse perspectives.
Author : Nicolas Baumard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190210230
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Origins of Fairness written by Nicolas Baumard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to describe the logic of morality, "contractualist" philosophers have studied how individuals behave when they choose to follow their moral intuitions. These individuals, contractualists note, often act as if they have bargained and thus reached an agreement with others about how to distribute the benefits and burdens of mutual cooperation. Using this observation, such philosophers argue that the purpose of morality is to maximize the benefits of human interaction. The resulting "contract" analogy is both insightful and puzzling. On one hand, it captures the pattern of moral intuitions, thus answering questions about human cooperation: why do humans cooperate? Why should the distribution of benefits be proportionate to each person's contribution? Why should the punishment be proportionate to the crime? Why should the rights be proportionate to the duties? On the other hand, the analogy provides a mere as-if explanation for human cooperation, saying that cooperation is "as if" people have passed a contract-but since they didn't, why should it be so? To evolutionary thinkers, the puzzle of the missing contract is immediately reminiscent of the puzzle of the missing "designer" of life-forms, a puzzle that Darwin's theory of natural selection essentially resolved. Evolutionary and contractualist theory originally intersected at the work of philosophers John Rawls and David Gauthier, who argued that moral judgments are based on a sense of fairness that has been naturally selected. In this book, Nicolas Baumard further explores the theory that morality was originally an adaptation to the biological market of cooperation, an arena in which individuals competed to be selected for cooperative interactions. In this environment, Baumard suggests, the best strategy was to treat others with impartiality and to share the costs and benefits of cooperation in a fair way, so that those who offered less than others were left out of cooperation while those who offered more were exploited by their partners. It is with this evolutionary approach that Baumard ultimately accounts for the specific structure of human morality.
