| Issues in Evolutionary Ethics Contributor(s): Thompson, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791420272 ISBN-13: 9780791420270 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 93-37841 |
| Series: Suny Philosophy and Biology |
| Physical Information: (1.62 lbs) 444 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores historical and current discussions of the relevance of evolutionary theory to ethics. The historical section conveys the intellectual struggle that took place within the framework of Darwinism from its inception up to the work of G. C. Williams, W. D. Hamilton, R. D. Alexander, A. L. Trivers, E. O. Wilson, R. Dawkins, and others. The contemporary section discusses ethics within the framework of evolutionary theory as enriched by the works of biologists such as those mentioned above. The issue of whether ethical practice and ethical theory can be grounded in the theory of evolution has taken a new and significant direction within the context of sociobiology and is proving to be a challenge to previous thinking. This book conveys that challenge. |