On Genes, Gods and Tyrants The Biological Causation of Morality
Our future was with the collective, but our survival was with the individual, and the paradox was killing us everyday. John Le Carre Smiley's People (1979) Since the time of Ancient Greek lyrical poetry, it has been one of man's dreams to explain his own conduct. This is the background to...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Moral levels
- 2. The Alpha-moral level. In the beginning was Darwin
- 3. The Beta-moral level: to feel or to reason. The Kantian obstacle
- 4. The Beta-moral level. The good and the yellow
- 5. The Beta-moral level: rational preference from Smith to Rawls
- 6. The Gamma-moral level: genes and tyrants
- 7. The Delta-moral level: gods and genes
- 8. Moral progress
- 9. Adversus liberales: the right to excellence and distributive justice
- Notes
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects