The ethical primate : humans, freedom, and morality /

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In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, 'one of the sharpest critical pens in the West' according to the Times Literary Supplement, addresses the fundamental question of human freedom. Scientists and philosophers have found it difficult to understand how each human-being can be a living part...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 1996.
Temas:
Free will and determinism.
Human beings.
Human evolution > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Êtres humains.
Êtres humains > Évolution > Aspect moral.
Morale.
Homo sapiens (species)
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Free will and determinism
Human beings
Human evolution > Moral and ethical aspects
Evolucao humana.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part Part I THE PROBLEM
  • chapter 1 INNER DIVISIONS
  • chapter 2 MISGUIDED DEBATES
  • part Part II THE REDUCTIVE ENTERPRISE
  • chapter 3 GUIDING VISIONS
  • chapter 4 HOPES OF SIMPLICITY
  • chapter 5 CRUSADES, LEGITIMATE AND OTHERWISE
  • chapter 6 CONVERGENT EXPLANATIONS AND THEIR USES
  • chapter 7 TROUBLES OF THE LINEAR PATTERN
  • chapter 8 FATALISM AND PREDICTABILITY
  • part Part III THE SOURCES AND MEANING OF MORALS
  • chapter 9 AGENCY AND ETHICS
  • chapter 10 MODERN MYTHS
  • chapter 11 THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUALISM
  • chapter 12 THE RETREAT FROM THE NATURAL WORLD
  • chapter 13 HOW FAR DOES SOCIABILITY TAKE US?
  • chapter 14 THE USES OF SYMPATHY
  • part Part IV WHAT KIND OF FREEDOM?
  • chapter 15 ON BEING TERRESTRIAL
  • chapter 16 WHAT KIND OF BEINGS ARE FREE?
  • chapter 17 MINDS RESIST STREAMLINING.

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