RT Book
T1 Evolved Morality: Biology and Philosophy of Human Conscience
A2 Waal, Frans B. M.
LA English
PP Leiden u.a.
PB Brill
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/781973201
AB Morality is often defined in opposition to the natural "instincts," or as a tool to keep those instincts in check. New findings in neuroscience, social psychology, animal behaviour, and anthropology have brought us back to the original Darwinian position that moral behaviour is continuous with the social behavior of animals, and most likely evolved to enhance the cooperativeness of society. In this view, morality is part of human nature rather than its opposite. This interdisciplinary volume debates the origin and working of human morality within the context of science as well as religion and philosophy. Experts from widely different backgrounds speculate how morality may have evolved, how it develops in the child, and what science can tell us about its working and origin. They also discuss how to deal with the age-old facts-versus-values debate, also known as the naturalistic fallacy. The implications of this exchange are enormous, as they may transform cherished views on if and why we are the only moral species
CN BJ1311
SN 9789004268166
SN 9789004263871
K1 Ethics, Evolutionary
K1 Conscience
K1 Behavior evolution
K1 Human Evolution
K1 Primates : Behavior
K1 Altruistic behavior in animals
K1 Cognitive neuroscience
K1 Neuropsychology