Primates and Philosophers : How Morality Evolved /

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Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: de Waal, Frans (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kitcher, Philip (Contribuidor), Korsgaard, Christine M. (Contribuidor), Macedo, Stephen (Editor ), Ober, Josiah (Editor ), Singer, Peter (Contribuidor), Waal, Frans De (Contribuidor), Wright, Robert (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:The University Center for Human Values Series ; 93
Temas:
Altruistic behavior in animals.
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Primates > Behavior.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Josiah Ober and Stephen Macedo
  • Part I. Morally Evolved: Primate Social Instincts,Human Morality, and the Rise and Fall of "Veneer Theory". Frans de Waal
  • Veneer Theory
  • Appendix A: Anthropomorphism and Anthropodenial
  • Appendix B: Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind?
  • Appendix C: Animal Rights
  • Part II: Comments
  • The Uses of Anthropomorphism
  • Morality and the Distinctiveness of Human Action
  • Ethics and Evolution
  • Morality, Reason, and the Rights of Animals
  • Part III: Response to Commentators
  • The Tower of Morality
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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