There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This collection of new essays focuses on the connection between biology, in particular evolutionary biology, and foundational questions in ethics. The book asks such questions as whether humans are innately selfish, and whether there are particular facets of human nature that bear directly on social practices. The volume is organised historically beginning with Aristotle and covering such major figures as Hume and Darwin down to the present and the work of Harvard sociobiologist, E. O. Wilson. This is the first book to offer this historical perspective on the relation of biology and ethics, and has been written by some of the leading figures in the history and philosophy of science, whose work stands very much at the cutting edge of these disciplines. M.-M.V.
De : James G. LENNOX
Pages 10 à 31
De : Michael BRADIE
Pages 32 à 51
De : Phillip R. SLOAN
Pages 52 à 83
De : Paul Lawrence FARBER
Pages 84 à 97
De : Myles W. JACKSON
Pages 98 à 112
De : Robert John RICHARDS
Pages 113 à 153
De : Jean GAYON
Pages 154 à 197
De : Michael RUSE
Pages 198 à 224
De : Marga VICEDO
Pages 225 à 256
De : Diane B. PAUL, Raphael FALK
Pages 257 à 275
De : Peter G. WOOLCOCK
Pages 276 à 306
De : Robert J. MCSHEA, Daniel W. MCSHEA
Pages 307 à 327