LEADER 03314nam 2200553 450 001 9910821204803321 005 20230115200622.0 010 $a0-300-24040-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300240405 035 $a(CKB)4100000006998330 035 $a(DE-B1597)536164 035 $a(OCoLC)1056109822 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300240405 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5535485 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7021936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7021936 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006998330 100 $a20230115d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aScience and the good $ethe tragic quest for the foundations of morality /$fJames Davison Hunter, Paul Nedelisky 210 1$aNew Haven ;$aLondon :$cYale University Press :$cTempleton Press,$d[2018] 210 4$d©2018 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) $c10 b-w illus 225 1 $aFoundational questions in science 311 $a0-300-19628-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface. The Argument, in Brief -- $tPart I. Introduction -- $tPart II. The Historical Quest -- $tPart III. The Quest Thus Far -- $tPart IV. Enduring Quandries -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhy efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E. O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of that quest. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. But rather than giving up in the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded, ironically, that right and wrong don't actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a feeble program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Concise and rigorously argued, Science and the Good is a definitive critique of a would-be science that has gained extraordinary influence in public discourse today and an exposé of that project's darker turn. 410 0$aFoundational questions in science. 606 $aScience$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aRight and wrong 606 $aEthics, Evolutionary 615 0$aScience$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aRight and wrong. 615 0$aEthics, Evolutionary. 676 $a174.95 700 $aHunter$b James Davison$f1955-$01684357 702 $aNedelisky$b Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821204803321 996 $aScience and the good$94068424 997 $aUNINA