1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790260503321

Titolo

Biopolicy [[electronic resource] ] : the life sciences and public policy / / edited by Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2012

ISBN

1-280-76905-X

9786613679826

1-78052-821-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Research in biopolitics, , 2042-9940 ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

SomitAlbert

PetersonSteven A

Disciplina

570.1

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Accounting - General

Business & Economics - Accounting - Managerial

Accounting

Management accounting & bookkeeping

Biopolitics

Life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Biopolicy: A Critical Linkage / Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson -- The Cooperative Gene: Evolution, Human Nature, and Politics / Peter A. Corning -- The Brain and Public Policy / Robert H. Blank -- Evolution, IQ, and Wealth / Tatu Vanhanen -- Evolution and Foreign Policy: Insights for Decision-making Models / John M. Friend, Bradley A. Thayer -- Neurotoxicity and Public Policy: Linking Brain Chemistry, Toxins, and Violent Crime / Roger D. Masters -- From Embodiment to Public Policy: The Intersection of Individual Physiology, Psychology, and Institutional Policy Behaviors / Matthew P. Cantele, Rebecca J. Hannagan, Douglas R. Oxley -- Driving the Great Apes to Extinction: Perspectives from Conservation Biology, Politics, and Bioethics / Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Sophia Benz -- Leadership and Economics from a Behaviorist Perspective / Nancy E. Aiken -- Make Up your Own Mind: The Politics of Cognitive Freedom / Amy L. Fletcher.



Sommario/riassunto

Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the subject of biopolicy as well as the relevance of the brain sciences and evolutionary theory for this subject. The second part considers several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Among case studies provided here are the implications for distribution of wealth, the roots of foreign policy, violent behavior, policy decision-making, and the like. In the final analysis, this book provides examples of how the life sciences can inform public policy choices. Research in Biopolitics is the only book series that focuses specifically on the relationship between biology and politics, and provides contemporary research for practitioners, including anthropologists, sociologists, economists, biopolitical researchers, as well as students of law and political science.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789983303321

Autore

Williams Bernard Arthur Owen

Titolo

Ethics and the limits of philosophy / / Bernard Williams ; with a commentary on the text by A.W. Moore and a foreword by Jonathan Lear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1985, 2011

ISBN

9780203828281

0203828283

9781136807251

113680725X

9781136807244

1136807241

1283103729

9786613103727

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Routledge classics

Altri autori (Persone)

LearJonathan

MooreA. W. <1956->

Disciplina

170/.42

Soggetti

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Fontana Press, 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Bernard Williams: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy; Copyright; Contents; Foreword To The Routledge Classics Edition; Preface; 1. Socrates' Question; 2.  The Archimedean Point; 3. Foundations: Well-Being; 4. Foundations: Practical Reason; 5. Styles of Ethical Theory; 6. Theory and Prejudice; 7. The Linguistic Turn; 8. Knowledge, Science, Convergence; 9. Relativism and Refl ection; 10. Morality, the Peculiar Institution; Postscript; Commentary on the Text by A. W. Moore; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable...It is a very rich book, containing excellent descriptions of a variety of moral theories, and innumerable and often witty observations on topics encountered on the way.' - Times Literary SupplementBernard Williams was one of the greatest philosophers of his generation. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is not only widely acknowledged to be his most important book, but also hailed a contemporary classic of moral philosophy. Drawing on the ideas of the Greek philosophers, Williams reori