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Evolution and Morality
Contributor(s): Fleming, James E. (Editor), Levinson, Sanford V. (Editor)
ISBN: 081477122X     ISBN-13: 9780814771228
Publisher: New York University Press
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Jurisprudence
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 172
LCCN: 2012010673
Series: Nomos (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (1.20 lbs) 409 pages
 
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Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacity
for moral judgment and the content of morality itself?
If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributable
to physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntary
as traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinking
the criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theory
and "nature talk," at least as practiced to date, inherently
conservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposals
for social changes to counter subordination and secure
equality?

In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy,
law, political science, history, and genetics address
many of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raised
by such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volume
examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications
of behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law,
the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationship
between nature, culture, and social engineering.

Contributor Bio(s): Fleming, James E.: - James E. Fleming is Professor of Law and The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law at Boston University School of Law. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy and, with Linda C. McClain, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues.Levinson, Sanford V.: - Sanford V. Levinson is W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Regents Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It).