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Evolution, Human Behaviour and Morality - The Legacy of Westermarck (Paperback)
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Evolution, Human Behaviour and Morality - The Legacy of Westermarck (Paperback)
Series: Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences
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This book highlights the recent re-emergence of Edward
Westermarck's work in modern approaches to morality and altruism,
examining his importance as one of the founding fathers of
anthropology and as a moral relativist, who identified our moral
feelings with biologically-evolved retributive emotions.
Questioning the extent to which current debates on the relationship
between biology and morality are similar to those in which
Westermarck himself was involved, the authors ask what can be
learnt from his arguments and from the criticism that he
encountered. Drawing on Westermarck's manuscripts and papers as
well as his published work, the authors show the importance of
situating debates, whether modern or classical, in their correct
methodological and philosophical context. This volume is a rigorous
assessment of the ways in which morality is connected with human
biological nature. It plays close attention to the development of
debates in this field and will appeal to scholars of sociology,
anthropology and philosophy.
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