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245 00 a| Human successh| [electronic resource] :b| evolutionary origins and ethical implications /c| edited Hugh Desmond and Grant Ramsey.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2023];

300 a| xi, 329 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : the manifold challenges to understanding human success / Hugh Desmond and Grant Ramsey -- Evolutionary success : standards of value / Dan McShea -- Human success : a contextual and pluralistic view / Marion Hourdequin -- Human success as a complex of autonomy, adaptation, and niche construction / Bernd Rosslenbroich -- The origin and evolution of human uniqueness / Geerat Vermeij -- Wanderlust : a view from deep time of dispersal, persistence, and human success / Susan Antón -- Culture as a life-history character : the cognitive continuum in primates and hominins / Matt Grove -- A gene-culture coevolutionary perspective on human success / Kathryn Demps and Peter Richerson -- Anthropocene patterns in stratigraphy as a perspective on human success / Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Colin Waters -- Utter success and extensive inequity : assessing processes, patterns, and outcomes of the human niche in the anthropocene / Agustín Fuentes -- Adaptability and the continuation of human origins / Richard Potts.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The concept of evolutionary success is not merely a quantifiable causal-descriptive concept, but has a strong ethical-normative component as well. Herein lies the danger: in reflecting on the success of a species, we need to carefully consider whether we are just exporting our anthropocentric conceptions about what it is to be successful. In this chapter we illustrate this dual aspect of the concept of success by contrasting it with two other value-laden concepts that have played important roles in the history of biological thought: evolutionary progress and human uniqueness"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Human success evolutionary origins and ethical implications / edited Hugh Desmond and Grant Ramsey.

Other author	Desmond, Hugh (Philosopher)
Other author	Ramsey, Grant, 1972-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Description	xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Human evolution--Philosophy.

Contents	Introduction : the manifold challenges to understanding human success / Hugh Desmond and Grant Ramsey -- Evolutionary success : standards of value / Dan McShea -- Human success : a contextual and pluralistic view / Marion Hourdequin -- Human success as a complex of autonomy, adaptation, and niche construction / Bernd Rosslenbroich -- The origin and evolution of human uniqueness / Geerat Vermeij -- Wanderlust : a view from deep time of dispersal, persistence, and human success / Susan Antón -- Culture as a life-history character : the cognitive continuum in primates and hominins / Matt Grove -- A gene-culture coevolutionary perspective on human success / Kathryn Demps and Peter Richerson -- Anthropocene patterns in stratigraphy as a perspective on human success / Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Colin Waters -- Utter success and extensive inequity : assessing processes, patterns, and outcomes of the human niche in the anthropocene / Agustín Fuentes -- Adaptability and the continuation of human origins / Richard Potts.
Abstract	"The concept of evolutionary success is not merely a quantifiable causal-descriptive concept, but has a strong ethical-normative component as well. Herein lies the danger: in reflecting on the success of a species, we need to carefully consider whether we are just exporting our anthropocentric conceptions about what it is to be successful. In this chapter we illustrate this dual aspect of the concept of success by contrasting it with two other value-laden concepts that have played important roles in the history of biological thought: evolutionary progress and human uniqueness"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022049824
ISBN	9780190096168 (hardback)
ISBN	(epub)

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