Initially prepared as part of the Foundations of the Unity of
Science volumes under the auspices of the "International
Encyclopedia of Unified Science, Science and the Structure of
Ethics "soon took on a life of its own. Well positioned in the
naturalistic tradition of ethical theory extending from John Dewey
at the start and Richard Rorty at the conclusion of the century,
Abraham Edel's volume offers a remarkable synthesis of the ways hi
which ethical statements can be examined, and the nature of ethical
concerns.
Edel reveals a singular capacity to move beyond oracular
controversies of the good and the right hi favor of a comparative,
analytic, and functional account of how ethical perspectives and
practices affect the content of moral discourse. In Edel's work,
the structure of ethical behavior is defined by biological,
psychological, social, and historical functions. Hence a scientific
account of ethics is possible since moral norms are themselves
products of an experiential field open to verification procedures
common to all other walks of human life.
In reviewing the impact of Edel's work hi general, and this
volume in particular, Irving Louis Horowitz notes that Edel's
naturalistic emphasis fits neatly with a view of ethics as
something grounded in human experience rather than mandated from
divine assumption: "It is hard for me to imagine a turning back
from the hard lessons of the century, any more in ethical theory
than in empirical research as such. We owe a central place in our
century's intellectual capital to Edel's examination of ethical
doctrines in the light of changing circumstances." This is a work
certain to enlist the interest of ethicists, sociologists of
knowledge, as well as those concerned with issues hi the philosophy
of science and religion alike.
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