Evolution and Morality: NOMOS LII

Published by New York University Press 2012

Evolution and Morality

NOMOS LII

Edited by: James E. Fleming and Sanford V. Levinson

Volume 6 in the series NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814771228.001.0001

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Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacity
for moral judgment and the content of morality itself?
If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributable
to physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntary
as traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinking
the criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theory
and “nature talk,” at least as practiced to date, inherently
conservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposals
for social changes to counter subordination and secure
equality?

In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy,
law, political science, history, and genetics address
many of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raised
by such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volume
examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications
of behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law,
the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationship
between nature, culture, and social engineering.

Author / Editor information

Fleming James E. :

James E. Fleming is Professor of Law and The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law at Boston University School of Law. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy and, with Linda C. McClain, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues.Levinson Sanford V. :

Sanford V. Levinson is W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Regents Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PART I. NATURALISTIC ETHICS
1. NATURALISTIC ETHICS WITHOUT FALLACIES Philip Kitcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. THE TWO FACES OF MORALITY: HOW EVOLUTIONARY THEORY CAN BOTH VINDICATE AND DEBUNK MORALITY (WITH A SPECIAL NOD TO THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF LAW) Robin Bradley Kar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. MISSING HERITABILITY: HIDDEN ENVIRONMENT IN GENETIC STUDIES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR Jonathan Beckwith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
PART II. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
4. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY Nita A. Farahany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
5. RETHINKING UNREASONABLENESS: A COMMENT ON NITA FARAHANY’S “LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY” Amanda C. Pustilinik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
6. A CASE STUDY IN NEUROSCIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
7. SCIENCE FICTION: SOME UNEXAMINED ASSUMPTIONS OF NITA FARAHANY’S “LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY” Jennifer L. Culbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
PART III. BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE
8. BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE Larry Arnhart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
9. COMMENT ON LARRY ARNHART, “BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE” Daniel Lord Smail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
10. ARNHART’S EXPLANATORY PLURALISM Richard A. Richards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
PART IV. NATURE, CONSERVATISM, AND PROGRESSIVISM
11. AGAINST NATURE Elizabeth F. Emens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
12. NATURE, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING: REFLECTIONS ON EVOLUTION AND EQUALITY Linda C. McClain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: September 12, 2012
ISBN: 9780814737828