Morality as a Biological Phenomenon: The Presuppositions of Sociobiological Research

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
INTRODUCTION - G. S. Stent......Page 8
PART 1 
EVOLUTION AND MORALS......Page 26
THE CONCEPTS OFSOCIOBIOLOGY - J. Maynard Smith......Page 28
ANALOGS OF MORALITY AMONG NONHUMAN PRIMATE - SH. Kummer......Page 38
ON THE PHYLOGENY OF HUMAN MORALITY - N. Bischof......Page 55
SOCIAL MORALITY NORMS AS EVIDENCE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL HUMAN NATURE AND SOCIAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - D. T. Campbell......Page 74
THE BIOLOGY OF MORALS FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE - P. H. WoHf......Page 90
PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF THE VERY YOUNG - H. L. Rheingold and D. F. Hay......Page 100
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL CONCEPTS - E. Turiel......Page 116
PSYCHIATRY, BIOLOGY AND MORALS - F. A. Jenner......Page 131
PART 2 
IN SEARCH OF SOCIAL UNIVERSALS......Page 158
LITERACY AND MORAL RATIONALITY - J. Goody......Page 160
THE "MORAL UNIVERSAL" FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF EAST ASIAN THOUGHT - W. Tu......Page 174
BIOLOGY AND ETHICS: NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS - C. Fried......Page 193
ETHICS AS AN AUTONOMOUS THEORETICAL SUBJECT - T. Nagel......Page 203
PART 3 
REPORTS ON THREE GROUP DISCUSSIONS......Page 214
GROUP ONE: H. S. Markl, Rapporteur; E. Butenandt, D. T. Campbell, F. J. G. Ebling, L. H. Eckensberger, C. Fried, H. Kummer......Page 216
GROUP TWO: G. W. Kowalski, Rapporteur; N. Bischof, J. R. Searle, J. Maynard Smith, H. L. Rheingold, E. Turiel, B. Williams, P. H. Wolff......Page 238
GROUP THREE: R. C. Solomon, Rapporteur; C. Geertz, E. A. Gellner, J. Goody, F. A. Jenner, T. Nagel, G. S. Stent, W. Tu, G. W. Wolters......Page 260
CONCLUSION - B. A. O. Williams......Page 282
POSTSCRIPT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS EDITION......Page 293
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS......Page 296
INDEX......Page 300
Back Cover......Page 303