Evolution and Morality: NOMOS LII

by James E. Fleming (Editor), Sanford V. Levinson (Editor)

Overview

Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacity
for moral judgment and the content of morality itself?
If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributable
to physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntary
as traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinking
the criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theory
and “nature talk,” at least as practiced to date, inherently
conservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposals
for social changes to counter subordination and secure
equality?


In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy,
law, political science, history, and genetics address
many of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raised
by such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volume
examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications
of behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law,
the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationship
between nature, culture, and social engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814738436
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	09/10/2012
Series:	NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	409
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

James E. Fleming is Professor of Law and The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law at Boston University School of Law. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy and, with Linda C. McClain, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues.
Sanford V. Levinson is W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Regents Chair in Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It).

Table of Contents

Preface James E. Fleming and Sanford Levinson Contributors PART I. NATURALISTIC ETHICS 1. Naturalistic Ethics without Fallacies Philip Kitcher 2. The Two Faces of MoralityRobin Bradley Kar 3. Missing HeritabilityJonathan Beckwith and Corey A. Morris-SingerPART II. LAW AND BEHAVIORAL MORALITY 4. Law and Behavioral Morality Nita A. Farahany 5. Rethinking UnreasonablenessAmanda C. Pustilnik 6. A Case Study in Neuroscience and ResponsibilityWalter Sinnott-Armstrong 7. Science FictionJennifer L. CulbertPART III. BIOPOLITICAL SCIENCE 8. Biopolitical ScienceLarry Arnhart 9. Comment on Larry Arnhart, “Biopolitical Science” Daniel Lord Smail 10. Arnhart’s Explanatory Pluralism Richard A. RichardsPART IV. NATURE, CONSERVATISM, AND PROGRESSIVISM 11. Against Nature Elizabeth F. Emens 12. Nature, Culture, and Social EngineeringLinda C. McClain Index