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Evolutionary Intuitionism: A Theory of the Origin and Nature of Moral Facts
ISBN: 9780773560253
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Ethics Evolutionary;

It seems impossible that organisms selected to maximize their genetic legacy could also be moral agents in a world in which taking risks for strangers is sometimes morally laudable. Brian Zamulinski argues that it is possible if morality is an evolutionary by-product rather than an adaptation.

Brian Zamulinski teaches at the University of Saskatchewan.Brian Zamulinski teaches at the University of Saskatchewan.