Evolution and Morality : NOMOS LII / / James E. Fleming, Sanford V. Levinson

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Disciplina: 172
• Soggetto topico: Science and law; Political ethics; Biopolitics
• Persona (resp. second.): FlemingJames E.; LevinsonSanford V.
• Note generali: "This volume ... emerged from papers and commentaries given at the annual meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) in Boston on August 28-29, 2008"--Preface.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. NATURALISTIC ETHICS WITHOUT FALLACIES -- 2. THE TWO FACES OF MORALITY: HOW EVOLUTIONARY THEORY CAN BOTH VINDICATE AND DEBUNK MORALITY (WITH A SPECIAL NOD TO THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF LAW) -- 3. MISSING HERITABILITY: HIDDEN ENVIRONMENT IN GENETIC STUDIES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR -- PART II. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY -- 4. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY -- 5. RETHINKING UNREASONABLENESS: A COMMENT ON NITA FARAHANY’S “LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY” -- 6. A CASE STUDY IN NEUROSCIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY -- 7. SCIENCE FICTION: SOME UNEXAMINED ASSUMPTIONS OF NITA FARAHANY’S “LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY” -- 8. BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE -- 9. COMMENT ON LARRY ARNHART, “BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE” -- 10. ARNHART’S EXPLANATORY PLURALISM -- 11. AGAINST NATURE -- 12. NATURE, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING: REFLECTIONS ON EVOLUTION AND EQUALITY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacity for moral judgment and the content of morality itself? If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributable to physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntary as traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinking the criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theory and “nature talk,” at least as practiced to date, inherently conservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposals for social changes to counter subordination and secure equality? In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy, law, political science, history, and genetics addressmany of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raisedby such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volume examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implicationsof behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law,the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationshipbetween nature, culture, and social engineering.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution and Morality
• ISBN: 0-8147-3782-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785777403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nomos: Yearbook of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy