Evolutionary Ethics - the application of Evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy.
This accessible volume looks at the history of thought about Evolutionary Ethics as well as current debates in th.
In recent decades, however, Evolutionary Ethics has found new support among both the Darwinian and the Spencerian traditions.
Evolutionary Ethics - the application of Evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy