Evolution of Moral Progress - A Biocultural Theory Buchanan Allen James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy Duke University Pevná vazba
Evolution of Moral Progress - A Biocultural Theory Buchanan Allen James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy Duke University Pevná vazba In The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell…
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Evolution of Moral Progress - A Biocultural Theory Buchanan Allen James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy Duke University Pevná vazba
In The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell resurrect the project of explaining moral progress. They develop a framework to explain progress in inclusivity to also illuminate moral regression--the return to exclusivist and tribalistic moral beliefs and attitudes. They avoid the errors of earlier attempts by drawing on a wide range of disciplines including moral and political philosophy, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, history, and sociology.Their focus is on one especially important type of moral progress: gains in inclusivity.
Rather, human beings have an evolved adaptively plastic capacity for both inclusion and exclusion, depending on environmental conditions. Buchanan and Powell argue those tribalistic moral responses are not hard-wired by evolution in human nature. Moral progress in the dimension of inclusivity is