Article ID: CBB000340597

Parting with Illusions in Evolutionary Ethics (2003)

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Description Offers an alternative to Michael Ruse's “error theory” which posits that moral guidelines arose in humans because such belief results in the performance of adaptive cooperative behaviors.


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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Subrena E.
Henrich, Joseph
Thagard, Paul
Wright, Robert E.
Wilson, David Sloan
White, Mark J.
Journals
Biology and Philosophy
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Biological Theory
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Cambridge University Press
University of Chicago Press
The MIT Press
Oxford University Press
Odile Jacob
Concepts
Evolutionary psychology
Human evolution
Evolution and ethics
Social Darwinism
Behavioral sciences
Evolution
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Kinsey, Alfred C.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Great Britain
France
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