Darwinian Worldview
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Darwinian Worldview
Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson
Baxter, Brian
Taylor & Francis Ltd
07/2007
208
Dura
Inglês
9780754656784
15 a 20 dias
Examines the connection between Darwinist perspective on human beings and environmental ethics, which assumes that human beings are part of an evolved living world. In this book, the positions in sociobiology and environmental ethics developed by Edward O Wilson are taken as an exemplar of the characteristic features of a Darwinian worldview.
Contents: Introduction. Part 1 The Explanatory Issue: Sociobiology; Evolutionary psychology; Gene-culture co-evolution; Consilience. Part 2 The Moral Issue: Darwinian naturalism, environmentalism and humanism; Naturalism and morality; The possibility of environmental ethics; Evolution, meaning, suffering and death; Conclusion. Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Examines the connection between Darwinist perspective on human beings and environmental ethics, which assumes that human beings are part of an evolved living world. In this book, the positions in sociobiology and environmental ethics developed by Edward O Wilson are taken as an exemplar of the characteristic features of a Darwinian worldview.
Contents: Introduction. Part 1 The Explanatory Issue: Sociobiology; Evolutionary psychology; Gene-culture co-evolution; Consilience. Part 2 The Moral Issue: Darwinian naturalism, environmentalism and humanism; Naturalism and morality; The possibility of environmental ethics; Evolution, meaning, suffering and death; Conclusion. Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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