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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st Princeton University Press pbk ed. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; contents; preface to the 2011 edition; preface; 1: the origins of altruism; 2: the biological basis of ethics; 3: from evolution to ethics?; 4: reason; 5: reason and genes; 6: a new understanding of ethics; notes on sources; afterword to the 2011 edition; index.