Brian Baxter

A Darwinian Worldview

Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in its application to human beings in this book. Brian Baxter examines the various sociobiological approaches to the explanation of human behaviour which view the human brain, and so the human mind, as the product of evolution, and considers the main arguments for and against this claim. In so doing he defends the approaches against some common criticisms, such as the charge that they are reductionist and dehumanising. The implications of these arguments for the social sciences and humanities are assessed, as is the naturalistic view of ethics to which they lead.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780754656784
• ISBN-10: 0754656780
• Artikelnr.: 44973427

Autorenporträt

Brian Baxter is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, The University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Part 1 The Explanatory Issue: Sociobiology
Evolutionary psychology
Gene-culture co-evolution
Consilience. Part 2 The Moral Issue: Darwinian naturalism, environmentalism and humanism
Naturalism and morality
The possibility of environmental ethics
Evolution, meaning, suffering and death
Conclusion. Appendix
Bibliography
Index.