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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400838431
035 _a(DE-B1597)513153
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072 7 _aPHI005000
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082 0 4 _a170.42
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSinger, Peter
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Expanding Circle :
_bEthics, Evolution, and Moral Progress /
_cPeter Singer.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (232 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface to the 2011 Edition --
_tPreface --
_t1. The Origins of Altruism --
_t2. The Biological Basis of Ethics --
_t3. From Evolution to Ethics? --
_t4. Reason --
_t5. Reason and Genes --
_t6. A New Understanding of Ethics --
_tNotes on Sources --
_tAfterword to the 2011 Edition --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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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 of recent research on the evolution of morality.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aSociobiology.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400838431
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