03315nam 2200709Ia 450 991097186950332120251117095332.01-317-48823-71-317-48824-51-315-71020-X1-280-12013-497866135240271-84465-483-410.4324/9781315710204(CKB)2550000000097362(EBL)1886890(SSID)ssj0000668303(PQKBManifestationID)12271711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000668303(PQKBWorkID)10697918(PQKB)10842310(MiAaPQ)EBC1886890(OCoLC)958110010(OCoLC)1204299519(FINmELB)ELB135932(UkCbUP)CR9781844654833(EXLCZ)99255000000009736220100512d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe solitary self Darwin and the selfish gene /Mary MidgleyFirst edition.Durham Acumen2010Durham :Acumen,2010.1 online resource (v, 154 pages) digital, PDF file(s)HereticsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-138-16929-3 1-84465-253-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.Introduction -- Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism -- The background: egoism from Hobbes to R.D. Laing -- The natural springs of morality -- Coming to terms with reason -- Darwin's new broom -- The self's strange adventures -- Conclusion: the wider perspective.Renowned philosopher, Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the “selfish gene” tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness, she shows, cannot be imposed on human psychology. She returns to Darwin’s original writings to show how the reductive individualism which is now presented as Darwinism does not derive from Darwin but from a wider, Hobbesian tradition in Enlightenment thinking. She reveals the selfish gene hypothesis as a cultural accretion that is just not seen in nature. Heroic independence is not a realistic aim for Homo sapiens. We are, as Darwin saw, earthly organisms, framed to interact constantly with one another and with the complex ecosystems of which we are a tiny part. For us, bonds are not just restraints but also lifelines.Heretics (Durham, England)Self-interestEvolution (Biology)Evolutionary psychologySelf-interest.Evolution (Biology)Evolutionary psychology.171.9171.9Midgley Mary1919-554950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971869503321The solitary self4498977UNINA