Abstract

Robert GINSBERG: Editorial Foreword. Patricia A. WILLIAMS: Preface. Patricia A. WILLIAMS: Introduction. I. EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS: AMALGAMATING EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND ETHICS. Pitfalls: ONE. Robert WESSON: The Amorality of Darwinism. Dangers: TWO. Howard L. KAYE: Cultural Being or Biological Being: The Implications of Modern Biology. Prospects: THREE. David J. DEPEW and Bruce H. WEBER: Evolution, Ethics, and the Complexity Revolution. Visions: FOUR. John H. CAMPBELL: The Moral Imperative of Our Future Evolution. II. EVOLVED ETHICS: EXPLAINING HUMAN MORAL NATURE AS A PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION. Language and Ethics: FIVE. Bernard G. CAMPBELL: How Much in the Human Condition. Is without Counterpart in Other Animals? Religion and Ethics: SIX. Brant WENEGRAT: Belief in Unseen Beings: Its Evolutionary Basis and Its Effects on Morality. III. SCIENTIFIC ETHICS: COMBINING HUMAN NATURE AND ETHICS. Intelligence and Social Policy: SEVEN. Richard J. HERRNSTEIN: Choosing a Demographic Future. Altruism and Social Policy: EIGHT. Patricia A. WILLIAMS: The Implications of Biology for Liberalism and Conservatism. Agency and Social Policy: NINE. Alan GEWIRTH: Evolutionary Theory and Welfare Policy. About the Contributors. Index.

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