The Expanding Circle : : Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress /

The Expanding Circle : : Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress / / Peter Singer.

What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology--especially in Darwinian theories of evolution and self-preservation. But if evolution is a struggle for survival, wh...

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Singer, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the 2011 Edition
  • Preface
  • 1. The Origins of Altruism
  • 2. The Biological Basis of Ethics
  • 3. From Evolution to Ethics?
  • 4. Reason
  • 5. Reason and Genes
  • 6. A New Understanding of Ethics
  • Notes on Sources
  • Afterword to the 2011 Edition
  • Index

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