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Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a dis-
cussion on the foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by
examining how evolutionism can explain and justify the existence of ethical
normativity and the emergence of particular moral systems. Written by a team
of philosophers and scientists, the essays collected in this volume deal with
the limits of evolutionary explanations, the justifications of ethics, and method-
ological issues concerning evolutionary accounts of ethics, among other topics.
They offer deep insights into the origin and purpose of human moral capacities
and of moral systems.
Giovanni Boniolo is Full Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the
Firc Institute for Molecular Oncology (IFOM) of Milano. He is the author
of many articles in international journals and books, including Metodo e rap-
presentazioni del mondo; Il limite e il ribelle. Etica, naturalismo, darwinismo;
and, with P. Vidali, Filosofia della scienza and Strumenti per ragionare.
Gabriele De Anna is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Udine. He is
the author of Realismo metafisico e rappresentazione mentale and Il pensiero
filosofico e politico di Sebastiano Di Apollonia.
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cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
General Editor
Michael Ruse Florida State University
Advisory Board
Michael Donoghue Yale University
Jean Gayon University of Paris
Jonathan Hodge University of Leeds
Jane Maienschein Arizona State University
Jes´us Moster´ın Instituto de Filosof´ıa (Spanish Research Council)
Elliott Sober University of Wisconsin
Published Titles
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