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Evolution and ethics : human morality in biological and religious perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Clayton, Philip, 1956-, Schloss, Jeffrey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., [2004]
Subjects:
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Evolution (Biology) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Biology > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: evolutionary ethics and Christian morality: surveying the issues / Jeffrey P. Schloss
  • Evolutionary ethics past and present / Michael Ruse
  • Darwinian evolutionary ethics : between patriotism and sympathy / Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd
  • Explaining the prosocial side of moral communities / Christopher Boehm
  • Hominid failings : an evolutionary basis for sin in individuals and corporations / Michael J. Chapman
  • The leverage of language on altruism and morality / Joseph Poulshock
  • "You have heard ... but I tell you ..." : a test of the adaptive significance of moral evolution / David C. Lahti
  • Evolution and divine revelation : synergy, not conflict, in understanding morality / Loren Haarsma
  • Darwinian and teleological explanations : are they incompatible? / RenĂ© van Woudenberg
  • Is there an evolutionary foundation for human morality? / John Hare
  • The Darwinian moral sense and biblical religion / Larry Arnhart
  • Thomistic natural law and the limits of evolutionary psychology / Craig A. Boyd
  • The good Samaritan and his genes / Holmes Rolston III
  • A cross-section of sin : the mimetic character of human nature in biological and theological perspective / S. Mark Heim
  • Falling up : evolution and original sin / Gregory R. Peterson
  • Morals, love, and relations in evolutionary theory / Thomas Jay Oord
  • Darwin's problems, neo-Darwinian solutions, and Jesus' love commands / Philip A. Rolnick
  • Conclusion : biology and purpose : altruism, morality, and human nature in evolutionary perspective / Philip Clayton.