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100 1 $aSinger, Peter.
245 14 $aThe expanding circle :$bethics, evolution, and moral progress /$cPeter Singer with a new afterword by the author.
246 30 $aEthics, evolution, and moral progress.
250 $a1st Princeton University Press pbk ed.
260 $aPrinceton, NJ :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvii, 208 p. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-185)
505 0 $aPreface to the 2011 edition -- Preface -- The origins of altruism -- The biological basis of ethics -- From evolution to ethics? -- Reason -- Reason and genes -- A new understanding of ethics.
520 $aWhat 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 philosophy and evolutionary psychology, he demonstrates that human ethics cannot be explained by biology alone. Rather, it is our capacity for reasoning that makes moral progress possible. In a new afterword, Singer takes stock of his argument in light or recent research on the evolution of morality.--Publisher's description.
650 0 $aEthics.
650 0 $aSociobiology.
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