The solitary self : Darwin and the selfish gene / / Mary Midgley

• Autore: Midgley Mary <1919-2018, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 231.7652
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy; Philosophy & Religion; Ethics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published 2010 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-147) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism; 2. The background: egoism from Hobbes to R. D. Laing; 3. The natural springs of morality; 4. Coming to terms with reason; 5. Darwin's new broom; 6. The self's strange adventures; Conclusion: the wider perspective; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 tra
• Titolo autorizzato: The solitary self
• ISBN: 1-317-48824-5; 1-315-71020-X; 1-280-12013-4; 9786613524027; 1-84465-483-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451738103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Heretics (Durham, England)