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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10.1057/9781137523822 - Evolution and Ethics, Franklin Roy Bennett

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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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10.1057/9781137523822 - Evolution and Ethics, Franklin Roy Bennett

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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.

10.1057/9781137523822 - Evolution and Ethics, Franklin Roy Bennett

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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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