The Biology of Moral Systems

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Transaction Publishers - 301 pages
 

Contents

What Lifetimes
33
Why Lifetimes Are Finite
42
A BIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MORALITY
77
Morality and the Human Psyche
107
Life History Theory and the Ontogeny of Moral Behavior
129
General Conclusions
139
MORALITY AS SEEN BY PHILOSOPHERS
145
The BiologistPhilosophers
164
APPLYING THE BIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MORALITY
197
Modeling Value Systems and Maintaining Indirect
208
Arms Races Human and Otherwise
227
CONCLUSIONS
253
Epilogue
259
Bibliography
265
Name Index
281
Subject Index
287

The Philosophers of Biology
177
Morality and Democracy
186

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