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Evolution and Morality

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Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacityfor moral judgment and the content of morality itself?If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributableto physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntaryas traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinkingthe criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theoryand "nature talk," at least as practiced to date, inherentlyconservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposalsfor social changes to counter subordination and secureequality? In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy,law, political science, history, and genetics addressmany of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raisedby such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volumeexamines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implicationsof behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law,the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationshipbetween nature, culture, and social engineering.
Preface James E. Fleming and Sanford Levinson Contributors PART I. NATURALISTIC ETHICS 1. Naturalistic Ethics without Fallacies Philip Kitcher 2. The Two Faces of MoralityRobin Bradley Kar 3. Missing HeritabilityJonathan Beckwith and Corey A. Morris-SingerPART II. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY 4. Law and Behavioral Morality Nita A. Farahany 5. Rethinking UnreasonablenessAmanda C. Pustilnik 6. A Case Study in Neuroscience and ResponsibilityWalter Sinnott-Armstrong 7. Science FictionJennifer L. CulbertPART III. BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE 8. Biopolitical ScienceLarry Arnhart 9. Comment on Larry Arnhart, "Biopolitical Science" Daniel Lord Smail 10. Arnhart's Explanatory Pluralism Richard A. RichardsPART IV. NATURE, CONSERVATISM, AND PROGRESSIVISM 11. Against Nature Elizabeth F. Emens 12. Nature, Culture, and Social EngineeringLinda C. McClain Index
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