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Title:
The expanding circle : ethics, evolution, and moral progress
Author:
Singer, Peter, 1946-
ISBN:
9781400838431
Edition:
1st Princeton University Press pbk ed.
Publication Information:
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 208 pages) : illustrations
Abstract:
What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology--especially in Darwinian theories of evolution and self-preservation. But if evolution is a struggle for survival, why are we still capable of altruism? In his classic study The Expanding Circle, Peter Singer argues that altruism began as a genetically based drive to protect one's kin and community members but has developed into a consciously chosen ethic with an expanding circle of moral concern. Drawing on philo.
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