Understanding moral sentiments : Darwinian perspectives? / Hilary Putnam, Susan Neiman, and Jeffrey P. Schloss, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Putnam, Hilary, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Darwin, Charles.

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Theory of moral sentiments.

Smith, Adam.

Ethics, Evolutionary.

Physical Description:

273 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2014]

Contents:

The Roots of Prosocial Preferences / Joan B. Silk Silk, Joan B. 9

Denning the Evolutionary Conscience: Finishing a Job that Darwin Started / Christopher Boehm Boehm, Christopher 27

Are the "Principles in His Nature, Which Interest Him in the Fortune of Others," Moral? / C. Daniel Batson Batson, C. Daniel 43

The Moral Instinct / Steven Pinker Pinker, Steven 59

Darwinian Explanations of Morality: Accounting for the Normal but Not the Normative / Jeffrey P. Schloss Schloss, Jeffrey P. 81

Compassion: Human and Animal / Martha C. Nussbaum Nussbaum, Martha C. 123

Moral Decision Making: Interpreters of Darwin and Thomas Aquinas / Stephen J. Pope Pope, Stephen J. 151

Thirty-Five Years among the Genes: A Twainian Take on Moral Anthropology and Reductive Biology / Timothy P. Jackson Jackson, Timothy P. 169

Not Very Much / Hilary Putnam Putnam, Hilary 203

Setting Aside Facts / Susan Neiman Neiman, Susan 213

On the Partnership between Natural and Moral Philosophy / David C. Lahti Lahti, David C. 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412853965

1412853966

OCLC:

872377337