Müssen wir Österreicher die Türken fürchten?: eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Evolutionären Ethik von Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt

Evolutionary ethics goes back to Charles Darwin, for whom the basis of moral sense is the instinct of sympathy. Subsequently, from Herbert Spencer to the present day, numerous publications, mostly intended for professional audiences, have placed different emphasis on the value and relative importanc...

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Subtitles:Christliches Menschenbild und Naturalismus$dPhilosophische Standortbestimmungen
Main Author: Paganini, Claudia 1978- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Echter 2011
In: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2011, Volume: 133, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 398-421
Further subjects:B Behavioral research
B Ethics
B behavioural science
B Entwicklungslehre / Evolution
B Ethics / Sittenlehre
B Evolution
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Summary:Evolutionary ethics goes back to Charles Darwin, for whom the basis of moral sense is the instinct of sympathy. Subsequently, from Herbert Spencer to the present day, numerous publications, mostly intended for professional audiences, have placed different emphasis on the value and relative importance of inheritance and the deliberate control of our behaviour. At the same time, however, some biologists have expressed their understanding of an ethics based on the forming role of the genes by means of easily comprehensible theories that appeal to a broader public. One of these biologists is the Austrian behaviourist Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. In this article I briefly outline the most important theses of his ethics of survival and then argue why I do not consider them as being conclusive.
ISSN:0044-2895
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie