Science and the End of Ethics [electronic resource] /
Morris, S.author.
Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Failure of Traditional Ethics; Part I The End (Demise) of Traditional Ethics; Chapter 1 What Kind of Ethics Does Science Call into Question?; Chapter 2 The Evolutionary Challenge to Moral Realism; Chapter 3 The Neuroscientific Challenge to Moral Realism; Part II The End (Goal) of Traditional Ethics; Chapter 4 Assessing the Empirical Case for Enlightened Self-Interest; Chapter 5 Toward a Plausible Evolutionary Account of Altruism; Chapter 6 Deciphering the Secret Chain
Chapter 7 A New Age of Reason or "The End of the World"?Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists.
Ethics.
Philosophy of mind.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Epistemology.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mind.
Social Philosophy.
Epistemology.