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Evolution and ethics : human morality in biological and religious perspective / edited by Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss.

Contributor(s): Clayton, Philip, 1956- | Schloss, Jeffrey
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: x, 339 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0802826954 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Ethics, Evolutionary | Evolution (Biology) -- Moral and ethical aspects | Biology -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 171/.7 LOC classification: BJ1311 | .E95 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: evolutionary ethics and Christian morality: surveing the issues / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Evolutionary ethics past and present / Michael Ruse -- Darwinian evolutionary ethics: between patriotism and sympathy / Peter J. Richerson and 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? / René 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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: evolutionary ethics and Christian morality: surveing the issues / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Evolutionary ethics past and present / Michael Ruse -- Darwinian evolutionary ethics: between patriotism and sympathy / Peter J. Richerson and 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? / René 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.

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