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Evolution and the Foundations of Ethics

Evolutionary Perspectives on Contemporary Normative and Metaethical Theories

  • Hardback
  • 284 pages
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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If human biological evolution is part of our worldview, then how do commonplace notions of ethics fit in? In asking the question, 'what does evolution imply about ethics?' we must first be clear about what we mean by evolution. This book discusses four models of evolution (Darwin's, Dawkins' Gould's, and Haught's). In asking the question, 'what does evolution imply about ethics?' we must also be clear about what we mean by ethics. Do we mean metaethics? If so, which variety? With metaethical theories (such as Error Theory, Expressivism, Moral Relativism, and Moral Realism), theorists are attempting to explain the general nature, status, and origins of ethics. The first four chapters of this book (Part I), look at how metaethical theories fit with evolution. In asking the question, 'what does evolution imply about ethics?' do we mean normative ethics?
Theorists who work with normative ethical theories (such as Virtue Ethics, Natural Law Ethics, Social Contract Ethics, Utilitarian Ethics, Deontological Ethics, and Ethics of Care), attempt to articulate and defend normative ethics that people can and do use in a practical way when deliberating about specific actions, rules, and policies. The next six chapters (Part II) look at how normative ethical theories fit with evolution. A full reckoning of ethics and evolution demands that we consider the range of ethical elements, both metaethical and normative. Thus, this book looks at what several different models of evolution imply about four metaethical theories and six normative ethical theories. The final chapter (Chp 12), summarizes the book's findings about evolution and the foundations of ethics. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in the intersection of evolutionary theory and ethical theory.

Evolution and the Foundations of Ethics and Evolution and the Foundations of Ethics: Evolutionary Perspectives on Contemporary Normative and Metaethical Theories
Evolution and the Foundations of Ethics: Evolutionary Perspectives on Contemporary Normative and Metaethical TheoriesEvolution and the Foundations of Ethics
  • Author

    John Mizzoni

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Lexington Books

  • Published

    December 2016

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    284

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780739199831

  • ISBN-10

    0739199838

  • Eden Code

    4579675

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