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Bioethics
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In A Darwinian Left, Peter Singer argues that the political left has
misunderstood Darwinian ideas and as a result been hostile to the application of
Darwinian thinking to politics. Those on the political left who seek a more
egalitarian society should instead embrace evolutionary ideas and learn how to
use evolutionary thinking in order to build the kind of cooperative society
sought.
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Darwinian Natural Right : The Biological
Ethics of Human Nature (Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology)
by Larry Arnhart
Hardcover (May 1998)
State Univ of New York Pr;
ISBN: 0791436934
Other Editions: Paperback
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Everybody's Story : Wising Up to the
Epic of Evolution (Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology)
by Loyal D. Rue, Edward Osborne
Wilson
Paperback - 146 pages
(March 2000)
State Univ of New York
Pr; ISBN: 0791443922 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.35 x 8.96 x 5.91
Other Editions: Hardcover
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In a compelling read for anyone interested in where we came from and
where we're going, Everybody's Story offers an exhilarating tour of natural
history that illuminates the evolution of matter, life, and consciousness. As
old myths, religious stories, and other shared narratives of humankind are increasingly
viewed as intellectually implausible and morally irrelevant, they become less
likely to fulfill their original purpose-to give people answers and provide
a sense of stability and peace in daily life. Loyal Rue restores that imbalance
with a new story based on fact. Rue, author of a New York Times Notable Book
of 1994, By the Grace of Guile: The Role of Deception in Natural History in
Human Affairs, now provides an evolutionary tour recounting our shared "epic
of evolution."
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How Are We to Live? : Ethics
in an Age of Self-Interest
by Peter Singer
Paperback - 262 pages
(May 1995)
Prometheus Books; ISBN:
0879759666 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.72 x 9.03 x 6.03
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 8,331
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Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer
Paperback - 395 pages 2nd edition
(February 1993)
Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd); ISBN:
052143971X ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.02 x 8.45 x 5.43
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Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer
Paperback Revised edition (1991)
Avon/Hearst Corporation;
ISBN: 0380713330 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 8.00 x 5.26
Other Editions: Hardcover
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Rethinking Life & Death : The
Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics
by Peter Singer
Paperback - 256 pages
2 edition (May 1996)
St. Martin's Press; ISBN:
0312144016 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.08
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At first glance, all three issues seem similar--all ask the question of how the state should respond to actions that threaten or destroy fetal life. But the response of state and society to each has been very different: while the highly charged debate over abortion rights rages unabated, the other two issues engender no such social or political divisions. And while drug use and third-party fetal killings are universally condemned, "fetal abuse" is a term used only to describe harm that a pregnant woman brings to her own fetus, and not harm brought to it by a third party. Similarly, a great deal of media attention has been paid to such "fetal abuse," while the question of third-party harm has been all but ignored.
Is the Fetus a Person? analyzes fetal personhood by examining all of the
major areas of the law that could implicitly or explicitly award the fetus such
status. Jean Reith Schroedel presents a comprehensive history of fetal
protection ideas and policies in America, considering the moral and legal
underpinnings of existing laws while paying particular attention to the
influence of gender and power relations on their formation. As much a model for
future research as a study of the status of the fetus, this book offers an
extraordinary examination of one of the most divisive and complex issues of
late-twentieth-century American life.
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Rattling the Cage offers Wise's argument to secure the blessings of liberty for chimpanzees and bonobos. Despite the cognitive, emotional, social, and sexual sophistication exhibited by both species, Wise acknowledges that advocating the legal personhood of what others might consider hairy little beasts leaves him vulnerable to ridicule and marginalization as a fringe academic. He compares his struggle to that of Galileo, recognizing that anachronistic cultural and religious beliefs may disable modern judges from ruling according to correct principles just as the irrational convictions of Galileo's contemporaries forced them to cling to an Earth-centered universe that no longer existed. "Think of a Fundamentalist Protestant faced with a decision about teaching evolution in the public schools or a Roman Catholic deciding a question of abortion rights," Wise suggests, then turns the rhetoric up a notch: "Is it surprising that Nazi judges dispensed Nazi justice and that racist judges dispensed racist justice?" Wise seems certain, though, that our concept of justice eventually will evolve to the point where no chimp or bonobo will be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law--perhaps the best for which any primate can hope, at least until apes preside over courts to administer a justice of their own making. --Tim Hogan
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Paperback (November
2000)
Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap
Txt); ISBN: 0521567688
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The Biology of Moral Systems (Foundations of Human Behavior)
By Richard D. Alexander
Paperback
Aldine De Gruyter publishers, July 1987
ISBN: 0202011747
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The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics (Suny Series in Philosphy and Biology.
By Michael Bradie
Paperback
State University of New York Press, Jan. 1995
ISBN: 0791421066
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