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Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics by Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz, (eds.) is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics about?
A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present literature has focused on the link between evolution and moral realism: if our moral beliefs enhance fitness, does this mean they track moral truths? In spite of the gro
Who reads Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz, (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030688042
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Social Science, Science, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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