Evolution and Ethics A Critique of Sociobiology
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,
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A Critique of Sociobiology
Franklin Roy Bennett
10.1057/9781137523822 - Evolution and Ethics, Franklin Roy Bennett
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Evolution and Ethics
evolution and ethics
Copyright © Franklin Roy Bennett, 2015. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–52381–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bennett, Franklin Roy. Evolution and ethics : a critique of sociobiology / by Franklin Roy Bennett. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–52381–5 (hardback) 1. Sociobiology. I. Title. GN365.9.B46 2015 304.5—dc23
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Many, many thanks to my family and friends, teachers and students, colleagues and associates, for helping me bring this book to fruition.
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1 Introduction
1
2 Two Theories of Evolution
13
3 Descriptive Instinctivism
81
4 Descriptive Rationalism
125
5 Prescriptive Instinctivism
169
6 Prescriptive Rationalism
213
Appendix: Analytic Table of Contents
243
Bibliography
247
Index
255
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