Frans B M De Waal

Evolved Morality: the Biology and Philosophy of Human Conscience Frans B M De Waal

Marc Notes: These articles are also published in Behaviour, Volume 151, Nos. 2/3 (February 2014). Table of Contents: Table of Contents 1. Evolution A history of the altruism-morality debate in biology "Oren Harman" The moral consequences of social selection "Christopher Boehm" Natural normativity: The is and ought of animal behavior "Frans de Waal" 2. Meta-ethics Empiricism and normative ethics: What do the biology and the psychology of morality have to do with ethics? "Owen Flanagan, Aaron Ancell, Stephen Martin and Gordon Steenbergen" Human nature and science "Simon Blackburn" Is a naturalized ethics possible? "Philip Kitcher" The origins of moral judgment "Richard Joyce" 3. Neuroscience and Development The neurobiological platform for moral values "Patricia Smith Churchland" The neuroscience of social relations. A comparative-based approach to empathy and to the capacity of evaluating others action value "Pier Francesco Ferrari" A social cognitive developmental perspective on moral judgment "Larisa Heiphetz and Liane Young" Morality, intentionality, and intergroup attitudes "Melanie Killen and Michael T. Rizzo" 4. Religion Does religion make people moral? "Ara Norenzayan" Supernatural beliefs: Adaptations for social life or byproducts of cognitive adaptations? "Vittorio Girotto, Telmo Pievani, Giorgio Vallortigara"" Contributor Bio:  De Waal, Frans B M Frans de Waal is C. H. Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University and Director of the Living Links Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution at the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta. His many books include "The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections by a Primatologist "(2001), "Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals "(1996), and "Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape "(California, 1997). Contributor Bio:  Churchland, Patricia Smith Patricia Smith Churchland is UC President's Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute.