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Bruce N. Waller
ISBN: 9780791438206
Format: Paperback
Publisher:State University of New York Press
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By examining autonomy on a larger scale in the natural world, The Natural Selection of Autonomy clears away the mysteries associated with autonomy claims and shows what is valuable and adaptive (for humans and other animals) in genuine open alternatives -- and how human reason strengthens, rather than creates, autonomous behavior…
By examining autonomy on a larger scale in the natural world, The Natural Selection of Autonomy clears away the mysteries associated with autonomy claims and shows what is valuable and adaptive (for humans and other animals) in genuine open alternatives -- and how human reason strengthens, rather than creates, autonomous behavior. Drawing on recent research in biology, psychology, and philosophy, The Natural Selection of Autonomy attacks widely shared and deeply held beliefs that have passed from the historical pre-Darwinian philosophical tradition into contemporary thought, and offers a clear look at the evolution of autonomous moral behavior among many species, including -- but not limited to -- human animals.
| ISBN | 0791438201 | | Volumes | 000 | | ISBN13 | 9780791438206
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 282 | | Publisher | State University of New York Press | | Published in | Albany, NY | | Imprint | State University of New York Press | | Series editor | Shaner, David Edward, Shaner, David Edward | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology | | Publication date | 10 Jul 1998 | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Library of Congress | 97037753 | | Width (mm) | 149 | | DEWEY | 576.801 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 224 | |
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| | | Acknowledgments | | | | Ch. 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Natural Autonomy and Alternative Possibilities | | 5 | | Ch. 3 | | Natural Authenticity | | 17 | | Ch. 4 | | Moral Responsibility | | 31 | | Ch. 5 | | Responsibility and the Self-Made Self | | 41 | | Ch. 6 | | Virtue, Vice, and Moral Responsibility | | 51 | | Ch. 7 | | Moral Development without Moral Responsibility | | 67 | | Ch. 8 | | Bitter Fruits, Just Deserts, and Natural Consequences | | 81 | | Ch. 9 | | Morality without Reason | | 97 | | Ch. 10 | | What Reason Adds to Animal Morality | | 113 | | Ch. 11 | | The Moral Foundations | | 127 | | Ch. 12 | | Darwinian Moral Nonobjectivism | | 143 | | Ch. 13 | | Conclusion: Darwinist Care Ethics | | 155 | | | | Notes | | 167 | | | | References | | 181 | | | | Index | | 191 |
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