Evolution and ethics : human morality in biological and religious perspective /
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., c2004. |
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| Description: | x, 339 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5357060 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: Evolutionary Ethics and Christian Morality: Surveying the Issues
- I.. The Evolution of Ethics: Scientific Perspectives
- 1.. Evolutionary Ethics Past and Present
- 2.. Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics: Between Patriotism and Sympathy
- 3.. Explaining the Prosocial Side of Moral Communities
- 4.. Hominid Failings: An Evolutionary Basis for Sin in Individuals and Corporations
- 5.. The Leverage of Language on Altruism and Morality
- 6.. "You Have Heard ... but I Tell You ...": A Test of the Adaptive Significance of Moral Evolution
- II.. Religious and Evolutionary Ethics--Are They Compatible?
- 7.. Evolution and Divine Revelation: Synergy, Not Conflict, in Understanding Morality
- 8.. Darwinian and Teleological Explanations: Are They Incompatible?
- 9.. Is There an Evolutionary Foundation for Human Morality?
- 10.. The Darwinian Moral Sense and Biblical Religion
- 11.. Thomistic Natural Law and the Limits of Evolutionary Psychology
- 12.. The Good Samaritan and His Genes
- III.. The Ethics of Evolution: Theological Evaluation and Critique
- 13.. A Cross-Section of Sin: The Mimetic Character of Human Nature in Biological and Theological Perspective
- 14.. Falling Up: Evolution and Original Sin
- 15.. Morals, Love, and Relations in Evolutionary Theory
- 16.. Darwin's Problems, Neo-Darwinian Solutions, and Jesus' Love Commands
- Conclusion: Biology and Purpose: Altruism, Morality, and Human Nature in Evolutionary Perspective
- List of Contributors