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.
LENNOX James G.
pages 10 to 31
BRADIE Michael
pages 32 to 51
SLOAN Phillip R.
pages 52 to 83
FARBER Paul Lawrence
pages 84 to 97
JACKSON Myles W.
pages 98 to 112
RICHARDS Robert John
pages 113 to 153
GAYON Jean
pages 154 to 197
RUSE Michael
pages 198 to 224
VICEDO Marga
pages 225 to 256
FALK Raphael, PAUL Diane B.
pages 257 to 275
WOOLCOCK Peter G.
pages 276 to 306
MCSHEA Robert J., MCSHEA Daniel W.
pages 307 to 327