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REACTION: The Prospects for Evolutionary Ethics Today by Neil Levy

Neil Levy "The Prospects for Evolutionary Ethics Today" Euramerica 40, no. 3 (September 2010): 529-71. Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica http://euramerica.org [via academia.edu] Crossposted at substack.com So, an Australlian? Neuroscientist? via Oxford? Abstract: One reason for the widespread resistance to evolutionary accounts of the origins of humanity is the fear that they undermine morality: if morality is…

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Reaction: John Cartwright's Naturalising Ethics: The Implications of Darwinism for the Study of Moral Philosophy

A list of reactions to other evolution~morality papers and chapters and stuff can be found at the linkpost Reactions to papers on evolution~morality. This reaction looks at the following piece: Cartwright, John. “Naturalising Ethics: The Implications of Darwinism for the Study of Moral Philosophy.” Science & Education Vol. 19 (2009): 407–443. via academia.edu [DOI 10.1007/s11191-009-9205-7] [https://www.academia.edu/94896217/Naturalising_Ethics_The_Implications_of_Darwinism_for_the_Study_of_Moral_Philosophy] From the abstract: Standard…

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