The ethical primate : humans, freedom, and morality /

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Mary Midgley argues that our evolutionary origin, properly understood, both explains why and how human freedom and morality have come about.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Subjects:
Free will and determinism.
Human beings.
Human evolution > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics.
Personal Autonomy
Ethics
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Homme.
Homme > Évolution > Aspect moral.
Morale.
Homo sapiens (species)
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Etica.
Liberdade.
Evolucao humana.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INNER DIVISIONS; MISGUIDED DEBATES; GUIDING VISIONS; HOPES OF SIMPLICITY; CRUSADES, LEGITIMATE AND OTHERWISE; CONVERGENT EXPLANATIONS AND THEIR USES; TROUBLES OF THE LINEAR PATTERN; FATALISM AND PREDICTABILITY; AGENCY AND ETHICS; MODERN MYTHS; THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUALISM; THE RETREAT FROM THE NATURAL WORLD; HOW FAR DOES SOCIABILITY TAKE US?; THE USES OF SYMPATHY; ON BEING TERRESTRIAL; WHAT KIND OF BEINGS ARE FREE?; MINDS RESIST STREAMLINING; Notes; Index.

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