Evolution and Morality Nomos LII

Name: Evolution and Morality Nomos LII
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ISBN: 9780814771228

ISBN-10: 081477122X

ISBN-13: 9780814771228

Edition: 2012

Authors: James E. Fleming, Sanford V. Levinson, Sanford Levinson

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In the controversy over female genital mutilation, Congress was quick to condemn practices throughout Africa and the Middle East and to take action criminalizing the practice domestically. Yet at the same time, it bluntly dismissed Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch when they pointed out human rights violations closer to home in the form of the disproportionately high rate of the imposition of capital punishment on black men, and the disempowerment of poor women under new draconian welfare rules. The irony of the United States' international condemnation of types of activities in which it engages within its own borders is not lost on Third World critics.Moral Imperialismsets out…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 409
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Preface



Contributors



Naturalistic Ethics



Naturalistic Ethics without Fallacies




The Two Faces of Morality: How Evolutionary Theory Can Both Vindicate and Debunk Morality (with a Special Nod to the Growing Importance of Law)




Missing Heritability: Hidden Environment in Genetic Studies of Human Behavior




Law and Behavioral Morality



Law and Behavioral Morality




Rethinking Unreasonableness: A Comment on Nita Farahany's "Law and Behavioral Morality"




A Case Study in Neuroscience and Responsibility




Science Fiction: Some Unexamined Assumptions of Nita Farahany's "Law and Behavioral Morality"




Bigpolitical Science



Biopolitical Science




Comment on Larry Arnhart, "Biopolitical Science"




Arnhart's Explanatory Pluralism




Nature, Conservatism, and Progressivism



Against Nature




Nature, Culture, and Social Engineering: Reflections on Evolution and Equality



Index