Evolutionary Psychology and Morality. Review Essay
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Evolutionary Psychology and Morality. Review Essay
Evolution has since the publication of The origin of species (1859) been a source of inspiration, and a bone of contention, not only for biology but also for philosophy and the sciences of man. The moral consequences of Darwinism have been a concern for ethicists since Herbert Spencer elevated the survival of the fittest to a norm underwriting cultural and societal progress—hard for the individ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1386-2820,1572-8447
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-010-9223-1