Primates and Philosophers : : How Morality Evolved /

Primates and Philosophers : : How Morality Evolved / / Frans de Waal; ed. by Josiah Ober, Stephen Macedo.

Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
de Waal, Frans,
MitwirkendeR:
Kitcher, Philip,
Korsgaard, Christine M.,
Singer, Peter,
Waal, Frans De,
Wright, Robert,
HerausgeberIn:
Macedo, Stephen,
Ober, Josiah,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:The University Center for Human Values Series ; 93
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 9 halftones. 3 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Josiah Ober and Stephen Macedo
  • Part I. Morally Evolved: Primate Social Instincts,Human Morality, and the Rise and Fall of "Veneer Theory". Frans de Waal
  • Veneer Theory
  • Appendix A: Anthropomorphism and Anthropodenial
  • Appendix B: Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind?
  • Appendix C: Animal Rights
  • Part II: Comments
  • The Uses of Anthropomorphism
  • Morality and the Distinctiveness of Human Action
  • Ethics and Evolution
  • Morality, Reason, and the Rights of Animals
  • Part III: Response to Commentators
  • The Tower of Morality
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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