C H Waddington

The Ethical Animal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1960, this book discusses the ethical implications of the view of man's nature and his place in the biological world. C. H. Waddington highlights issues of the time, such as social upheavals related to social mobility, and the changing nature of philosophical thinking in relation to the nature of good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781138956933
• ISBN-10: 1138956937
• Artikelnr.: 59996571

Autorenporträt

C. H. Waddington

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. The Importance of Ethics 2. Human Value and Biological Wisdom 3.
Squaring the Vienna Circle 4. The Relevance of Developmental Facts 5. The
'Naturalistic Fallacy' 6. The Concept of Function 7. The Possibility of
Evolutionary Theory 8. The Shape of Biological Thought; or the Virtues of
Vicious Circles 9. The Biological Evolutionary System 10. The Human
Evolutionary System 11. The Course of Evolutionary Progress 12. The
Evolution of the Socio-genetic System 13. Human Evolution and the Fall of
Man 14. Freedom and Reason 15. Understanding and Believing 16. Biological
Wisdom and the Problems of Today; References; Index