Does evolution inform the ancient debate regarding the roles that reason and instinct play in how we decide what to do? Evolution and Ethics offers an insightful analysis of four epistemological types of sociobiology which appear in the extant literature, and includes a preliminary analysis of Darwinism itself.

Keywords

About the author

Franklin Roy Bennett received his PhD in Philosophy from the City University of New York, USA, where he has also taught as an adjunct professor. He received his BSc and MA from the University of Guelph, Canada and has taught as a secondary school science teacher.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Evolution and Ethics
Book Subtitle: A Critique of Sociobiology
Authors: Franklin Roy Bennett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137523822
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52381-5Published: 04 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52382-2Published: 05 August 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 263
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Social Theory, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Political History

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Authors:

Sections

Buy it now

Buying options

Other ways to access

Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Two Theories of Evolution

Descriptive Instinctivism

Descriptive Rationalism

Prescriptive Instinctivism

Prescriptive Rationalism

Back Matter

About this book