Evolution and Ethics

A Critique of Sociobiology
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-52381-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

Does evolution inform the ancient debate regarding the roles that reason and instinct play in how we decide what to do? Evolution and Ethics offers an insightful analysis of four epistemological types of sociobiology which appear in the extant literature, and includes a preliminary analysis of Darwinism itself.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Franklin Roy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten: Wissenschaft, Technologie, Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 Two Theories of Evolution
3 Descriptive Instinctivism
4 Descriptive Rationalism
5 Prescriptive Instinctivism
6 Prescriptive Rationalism

Über Autor(innen)

Franklin Roy Bennett received his PhD in Philosophy from the City University of New York, USA, where he has also taught as an adjunct professor. He received his BSc and MA from the University of Guelph, Canada and has taught as a secondary school science teacher.