Author : Lawrence Cahoone
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438494475
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Book Synopsis The Emergence of Value by : Lawrence Cahoone
Download or read book The Emergence of Value written by Lawrence Cahoone and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers, social scientists, and natural scientists argue over whether a natural scientific account of human being is compatible with uniquely human norms like ethics, justice, art, and the concern for truth. Many attempts at such an account have been tried and failed; others, like evolutionary psychology, have tried but stumbled. The Emergence of Value argues that a broad enough understanding of nature and human nature can incorporate human values and norms, without reducing them to inhuman processes. Lawrence Cahoone advances the position that nature includes values as well as facts, and human uniqueness is therefore compatible with nature, as it must be. To demonstrate this, we must consider multiple sciences and recent philosophical traditions and their impact on our notions of truth, morality, justice, and beauty.