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Evolutionary Ethics: What Can We Learn From from the Past?
Author(s) -
Ruse Michael
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.00225
Subject(s) - work (physics) , epistemology , sociology , cognitive science , philosophy , psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering
In this paper I look at the question of the derivation of ethics from evolutionary biology, and I do so by considering both historical attempts to make such a derivation and contemporary work.