Moral psychology. Volume 1, The evolution of morality : adaptations and innateness /

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Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2008]
©2008
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:Ethics.
Psychology and philosophy.
Neurosciences.
Ethics.
Neurosciences.
Psychology and philosophy.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11358055
Related Items:Contained in (work): Moral psychology.
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Varying Form of Title:Evolution of morality : adaptations and innateness
Other authors / contributors:Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955- editor.
ISBN:9780262302951
0262302950
9780262195614
0262195615
9780262693547
0262693542
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Publisher's Web site (viewed June 30, 2017).
Summary:"For much of the twentieth century, philosophy and science went their separate ways. In moral philosophy, fear of the so-called naturalistic fallacy kept moral philosophers from incorporating developments in biology and psychology. Since the 1990s, however, many philosophers have drawn on recent advances in cognitive psychology, brain science, and evolutionary psychology to inform their work. This collaborative trend is especially strong in moral philosophy, and these volumes bring together some of the most innovative work by both philosophers and psychologists in this emerging interdisciplinary field. The contributors to volume 1 discuss recent work on the evolution of moral beliefs, attitudes, and emotions. Each chapter includes an essay, comments on the essay by other scholars, and a reply by the author(s) of the original essay. Topics include a version of naturalism that avoids supposed fallacies, distinct neurocomputational systems for deontic reasoning, the evolutionary psychology of moral sentiments regarding incest, the sexual selection of moral virtues, the evolution of symbolic thought, and arguments both for and against innate morality. Taken together, the chapters demonstrate the value for both philosophy and psychology of collaborative efforts to understand the many complex aspects of morality"--Publisher's website.
Other form:Print version: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. Moral Psychology : The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness. Cambridge : MIT Press, ©2007 9780262195614