The Expanding Circle Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress

What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology--especially in Darwinian theories of evolution and self-preservation. But if evolution is a struggle for survival, wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Singer, Peter (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press [2011]
Edición:First Princeton University Press paperback edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the 2011 Edition
  • Preface
  • 1. The Origins of Altruism
  • 2. The Biological Basis of Ethics
  • 3. From Evolution to Ethics?
  • 4. Reason
  • 5. Reason and Genes
  • 6. A New Understanding of Ethics
  • Notes on Sources
  • Afterword to the 2011 Edition
  • Index