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Evolutionary ethics

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International library of essays on evolutionary thought ; v. 3.Publication details: England Ashgate 2010Description: xxxix,341p. 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780754627586
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 171.7 22 EV-
LOC classification:
  • BJ1311 .E962 2010
Contents:
"Any animal whatever" : Darwinian building blocks of morality in monkeys and apes / Jessica C. Flack and Frans B.M. de Waal -- Psychological altruism, evolutionary origins, and moral rules / Philip Kitcher -- Summary of : Unto others : the evolution and psychology of unselfish behaviour / Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson -- Game theory, rationality and evolution of the social contract / Brian Skyrms -- If homo economicus could choose his own utility function, would he want one with a conscience? / Robert H. Frank -- Recent work on human altruism and evolution / Neven Sesardic -- Evolution, altruism and cognitive architecture : a critique of Sober and Wilson's argument for psychological altruism / Stephen Stich -- Darwin's nihilistic idea : evolution and the meaninglessness of life / Tamler Sommers and Alex Rosenberg -- Evolutionary ethics : a phoenix arisen / Michael Ruse -- Darwinian ethics and error / Richard Joyce -- A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value / Sharon Street -- A defense of evolutionary ethics / Robert J. Richards -- Is Darwin right? / Keith Sutherland and Jordan Hughes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Any animal whatever" : Darwinian building blocks of morality in monkeys and apes / Jessica C. Flack and Frans B.M. de Waal -- Psychological altruism, evolutionary origins, and moral rules / Philip Kitcher -- Summary of : Unto others : the evolution and psychology of unselfish behaviour / Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson -- Game theory, rationality and evolution of the social contract / Brian Skyrms -- If homo economicus could choose his own utility function, would he want one with a conscience? / Robert H. Frank -- Recent work on human altruism and evolution / Neven Sesardic -- Evolution, altruism and cognitive architecture : a critique of Sober and Wilson's argument for psychological altruism / Stephen Stich -- Darwin's nihilistic idea : evolution and the meaninglessness of life / Tamler Sommers and Alex Rosenberg -- Evolutionary ethics : a phoenix arisen / Michael Ruse -- Darwinian ethics and error / Richard Joyce -- A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value / Sharon Street -- A defense of evolutionary ethics / Robert J. Richards -- Is Darwin right? / Keith Sutherland and Jordan Hughes.

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