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by Larry Arnhart

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Shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature.

This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural right" based on the claim that the good is the desirable, the author argues that there are at least twenty natural desires that are universal to all human societies because they are based in human biology. The satisfaction of these natural desires constitutes a universal standard for judging social practice as either fulfilling or frustrating human nature, although prudence is required in judging what is best for particular circumstances.

The author studies the familial bonding of parents and children and the conjugal bonding of men and women as illustrating social behavior that conforms to Darwinian natural right. He also studies slavery and psychopathy as illustrating social behavior that contradicts Darwinian natural right. He argues as well that the natural moral sense does not require religious belief, although such belief can sometimes reinforce the dictates of nature.

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  • Title Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature
  • Author Larry Arnhart
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 348
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1998-04-09
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780791436943 / 0791436942
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 6.22 x 0.86 in (22.66 x 15.80 x 2.18 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethics, Evolutionary
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97049287
  • Dewey Decimal Code 171.7

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"This beautiful little book rediscovers the missing biology of Aristotle especially as it applies to moral phisophy and does so in a thoroughly modern way, that is, by integrating it with modern Darwinian thinking, a subject Arnhart easily masters. The result is a very impressive piece of intellectual work, rich in detail and far-reaching in scope and in conclusions." -- Robert Trivers, Rutgers University

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