Science and the End of Ethics
Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical ap
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10.1057/9781137499820 - Science and the End of Ethics, Stephen G. Morris
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Science and the End of Ethics
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Stephen G. Morris
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Science and the End of Ethics
science and the end of ethics
Copyright © Stephen G. Morris, 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: 978–1–137–49984–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: March 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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This book is dedicated to my beloved mother Cheryl Ann Morris. If everyone possessed her kindness, graciousness, compassion, and capacity to give love unconditionally, there would be little need to appeal to any kind of argument, be it moral or prudential, in order to encourage people to treat each other well.
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Failure of Traditional Ethics
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Part I The End (Demise) of Traditional Ethics 1 What Kind of Ethics Does Science Call into Question?
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2 The Evolutionary Challenge to Moral Realism
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3 The Neuroscientific Challenge to Mo
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