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Evolved morality : the biology and philosophy of human conscience /
Morality is often defined in opposition to the natural ""instincts, "" or as a tool to keep those instincts in check. New findings in neuroscience, social psychology, animal behavior, and anthropology have brought us back to the original Darwinian position that moral behavior is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, Netherlands :
Brill,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Evolved morality: The biology and philosophy of human conscience; Section 1: Evolution; Introduction; A history of the altruism-morality debate in biology; The moral consequences of social selection; Natural normativity: The `is' and `ought' of animal behavior; Section 2: Meta-ethics; Introduction; Empiricism and normative ethics: What do the biology and the psychology of morality have to do with ethics?; Human nature and science: A cautionary essay; Is a naturalized ethics possible?; The origins of moral judgment; Section 3: Neuroscience and Development; Introduction.
- The neurobiological platform for moral valuesThe neuroscience of social relations. A comparative-based approach to empathy andto the capacity of evaluating others' action value; A social cognitive developmental perspective on moral judgment; Morality, intentionality and intergroup attitudes; Section 4: Religion; Introduction; Does religion make people moral?; Supernatural beliefs: Adaptations for social life or by-products of cognitive adaptations?; Index.