Ethics after Darwin: Completing the Revolution
This is a big-picture discussion of an important implication of Darwinism for ethics. I argue that there is a misfit between our scientific view of the natural world and the view, still dominant in academic philosophy and wider society alike, that there is a discrete hierarchy of moral status among...
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| Language: | English |
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Bangladesh Bioethics Society
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics |
| Online Access: | https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/171 |
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| Summary: | This is a big-picture discussion of an important implication of Darwinism for ethics. I argue that there is a misfit between our scientific view of the natural world and the view, still dominant in academic philosophy and wider society alike, that there is a discrete hierarchy of moral status among conscious beings. I will suggest that the clear line of traditional morality – between human beings and other animals – is a remnant of an obsolete moral outlook, not least because it has no counterpart in empirical reality, and I will invite the reader to think, with me, about tenable alternatives.
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| ISSN: | 2226-9231 2078-1458 |