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The expanding circle : ethics, evolution, and moral progress /

What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology--especially in Darwinian theories of evolution and self-preservation. But if evolution is a struggle for survival, wh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Singer, Peter, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Edición:1st Princeton University Press pbk ed.
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