LEADER 02807cam 2200409 i 4500001 on1022077413 003 OCoLC 005 20180725151552.8 008 180226s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2018009283 020 9780190868413 |qhardcover 020 0190868414 |qhardcover 020 |z9780190868420 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) 40028581220 035 40028581220 035 (OCoLC)1022077413 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dGSU |dYDX |dIUL |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 050 00 BJ1311 |b.B83 2018 082 00 170.9 |223 100 1 Buchanan, Allen E., |d1948- |eauthor. |=^A137402 245 14 The evolution of moral progress : |ba biocultural theory / |cAllen Buchanan and Russell Powell. 264 1 New York, NY : |bOxford University Press, |c[2018] 300 xiv, 422 pages ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: why a theory of moral progress is needed -- Part I. What is moral progress? -- A typology of moral progress -- Contemporary accounts of moral progress -- A pluralistic, dynamic conception of moral progress -- Part II. Evolution and the possibility of moral progress -- Is evolved human nature an obstacle to moral progress? -- The inclusivist anomaly and the limits of evolutionary explanation -- Toward a naturalistic theory of inclusivist moral progress -- Naturalizing moral regression: a biocultural account -- De-moralization and the evolution of invalid moral norms -- Part III. The path traveled and the way forward -- Improvements in moral concepts and the human rights movement -- Human rights naturalized -- Biomedical moral enhancement and moral progress -- Conclusion: the future of human morality -- Postscript: moral progress and cultural evolution. 520 Steven Pinker has said that one of the most important questions humans can ask of themselves is whether moral progress has occurred or is likely to occur. Buchanan and Powell here address that question, in order to provide the first naturalistic, empirically-informed and analytically sophisticated theory of moral progress-explaining the capacities in the human brain that allow for it, the role of the environment, and how contingent and fragile moral progress can be.-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Ethics, Evolutionary. |=^A18457 650 7 Ethics, Evolutionary. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00915871 949 |i30372016676444 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s39.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5002623