Stephen G. Morris – Science and the End of Ethics

Stephen G. Morris – Science and the End of Ethics

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Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists.

About the author: Stephen G. Morris is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The College of Staten Island, City University of New York. He has authored or co-authored several published articles and is best known for his work in experimental philosophy. Stephen received both a Distinguished Professor Award and an Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award from Missouri Western State University.

Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Failure of Traditional Ethics
Part I: The End (Demise) of Traditional Ethics
1 What Kind of Ethics Does Science Call into Question?
2 The Evolutionary Challenge to Moral Realism
3 The Neuroscientific Challenge to Moral Realism
Part II: The End (Goal) of Traditional Ethics
4 Assessing the Empirical Case for Enlightened Self-Interest
5 Toward a Plausible Evolutionary Account of Altruism
6 Deciphering the Secret Chain
7 A New Age of Reason or “The End of the World”?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Format: PDF
Length: 252 pages
Published: 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 1137499842