A Darwinian Worldview: Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson - Image 1

£138.00

Routledge A Darwinian Worldview: Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson

Name: A Darwinian Worldview: Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson
Brand: Routledge
Price: 131.92 GBP
Availability: InStock

Anthropology & Sociology

Price History & Forecast

Last 4 days • 4 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 4 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £132 (3 days, 75.0%)

Price range: £132 - £138

Price levels: 2 different prices over 4 days

Description

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in its application to human beings in this book. Brian Baxter examines the various sociobiological approaches to the explanation of human behaviour which view the human brain, and so the human mind, as the product of evolution, and considers the main arguments for and against this claim. In so doing he defends the approaches against some common criticisms, such as the charge that they are reductionist and dehumanising. The implications of these arguments for the social sciences and humanities are assessed, as is the naturalistic view of ethics to which they lead. A key issue examined in the book is the connection between this Darwinist perspective on human beings and modern environmental ethics, which also often assume that human beings are part of an evolved living world. The implications of these positions for the meaningfulness of human life are also examined. Throughout the discussion the positions in sociobiology and environmental ethics developed by Edward O. Wilson are taken as an exemplar of the characteristic features of a Darwinian worldview, and the arguments of Wilson and his chief critics are thoroughly examined.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0754656780
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 August 2007
Listed Since: 23 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge A Darwinian Worldview: Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

A Darwinian Worldview: Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson

Toward a Biosocial Science: Evolutionary Theory, Human Nature, and Social Life (Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences)

Environmentalism: An Evolutionary Approach

Darwinism and Economics (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series)

Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences

Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences

Routledge Darwin (The Routledge Philosophers) - Philosophy Book

Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/nurture?: Reports, Definitions And Debate

Images of the Economy of Nature, 1650-1930: From "Nature’s War" to Darwin’s "Struggle for Life": 7 (Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development, 7)

Routledge Evolution, Human Behaviour and Morality Book

The Consilient Brain: The Bioneurological Basis of Economics, Society, and Politics

Evolution and Human Behaviour: Darwinian Perspectives on the Human Condition

E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)

E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)

Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

The Consilient Brain: The Bioneurological Basis of Economics, Society, and Politics

The Reciprocal Modular Brain in Economics and Politics: Shaping the Rational and Moral Basis of Organization, Exchange, and Choice

Morality Made Visible: Edward Westermarck’s Moral and Social Theory (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)

Evolution and Crime (Crime Science Series)

Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction

Human By Nature: Between Biology and the Social Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

Human Ethology

Handbook on Evolution and Society: Toward an Evolutionary Social Science (Paradigm Handbooks)