The science of sympathy : morality, evolution, and Victorian civilization /

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In his 'Descent of Man', Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in civilized society. His idea buttressed the belief that white, upper-class, educated men deserved their sense of superiority by virtue of good breeding. It also implied that progress could be steered by envis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boddice, Rob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Series:History of emotions.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882
1800-1899
Sympathy > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Ethics > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Religion and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Ethics
DARWIN, CHARLES, 1809-1882.
Sympathie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Morale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Religion et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
1800-1899.
HISTORY > General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Religion and science
Sympathy
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Emotions, morals, practices
  • Sympathy for a devil's chaplain
  • Common compassion and the mad scientist
  • Sympathy as callousness? physiology and vivisection
  • Sympathy, liberty, and compulsion: vaccination
  • Sympathetic selection: eugenics
  • Scientism and practice.

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