The ethical import of Darwinism
"The object of the present volume is to distinguish between science and speculation in the application of Darwinism to morals. The results of evolutionary science in the domain of matter and in the domain of life are everywhere taken for granted; the philosophical and, more especially, the ethi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
C. Scribner's Sons,
1887.
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| Series: | CIHM/ICMH microfiche series ;
no. 27987. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The object of the present volume is to distinguish between science and speculation in the application of Darwinism to morals. The results of evolutionary science in the domain of matter and in the domain of life are everywhere taken for granted; the philosophical and, more especially, the ethical theories currently associated with them are subjected to the most searching scrutiny I have been able to make. As it has been pretended that the doctrine of evolution invests ethics with a new scientific character, I first examine the various methods of ethics and attempt to determine under what conditions alone ethics can become a science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 0524075921 9780524075920 |