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Morality as a biological phenomenon : the pre-suppositions of sociobiological research / edited by Gunther S. Stent - rev. ed. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 1980 - vi, 295 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

1. Evolution and morals -- The concepts of sociobiology / J. Maynard Smith -- Analogs of morality among nonhuman primates / H. Kummer -- On the phylogeny of human morality / N. Bischof -- Social morality norms as evidence of conflict between biological human nature and social system requirements / D.T. Campbell -- The biology of morals from a psychological perspective / P.H. Wolff -- Prosocial behavior of the very young / H.L. Rheingold and D.F. Hay -- The development of moral concepts / E. Turiel -- Psychiatry, biology and morals / F.A. Jenner -- 2. In search of social universals -- Literacy and moral rationality / J. Goody -- The "moral universal" from the perspectives of East Asian thought / W. Tu -- Biology and ethics : normative implications / C. Fried -- Ethics as an autonomous theoretical subject / T. Nagel -- 3. Reports on three group discussions -- Group one / H.S. Markl, rapporteur -- Group two / G.W. Kowalski, rapporteur -- Group three / R.C. Solomom, rapporteur.

ISBN: 97805200402810520040287

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics, Evolutionary Congresses.Sociobiology Philosophy Congresses.Biologie Philosophie.

LC Class. No.: BJ1311 / .M67 1980