1st Edition
Human Nature After Darwin A Philosophical Introduction
By Janet Radcliffe Richards
Copyright 2000
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Human Nature After Darwin is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation. It casts new light on current Darwinian controversies, also providing an introduction to philosophical reasoning and a range of philosophical problems. Janet Radcliffe Richards claims that many current battles about Darwinism are based on mistaken... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction
1. The theory 2. The sceptics 3. Internecine strife 4. Implications and conditionals 5. Biology as destiny 6. Blameless puppets 7. Selfish genes and moral animals 8. The end of ethics 9. Onwards and upwards 10. The real differences
Notes Answers to exercises Revision questions Answers to revision questions Suggestions for further reading Bibliography Index
1. The theory 2. The sceptics 3. Internecine strife 4. Implications and conditionals 5. Biology as destiny 6. Blameless puppets 7. Selfish genes and moral animals 8. The end of ethics 9. Onwards and upwards 10. The real differences
Notes Answers to exercises Revision questions Answers to revision questions Suggestions for further reading Bibliography Index
Biography
Janet Radcliffe Richards is Reader in Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Bioethics at University College London. she was formerly lecturer in philosophy at the Open University and is the author of the acclaimed book The Sceptical Feminist.
A contribution to the Darwinian debate. - Contemporary Review
