age ~69
from Leavenworth, KS
Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million years ago, or is it a cultural invention of more recent origin? In The Evolution of Morality, Richard...
Author
Richard Joyce
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
A Bradford Book
ISBN #
0262600722
EAN Code
9780262600729
ISBN #
1
Richard Joyce argues in this study that moral discourse is hopelessly flawed. At the heart of ordinary moral judgments is a notion of moral inescapability, or practical authority, which, upon investigation, cannot be reasonably defended. He asserts, moreover, that natural selection is to blame, in t...
Author
Richard Joyce
Binding
Paperback
Pages
264
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN #
0521036259
EAN Code
9780521036252
ISBN #
2
Richard Joyce (c. 1660 c. 1737) was an Irish goldsmith. Joyce was a member of one of the Tribes of Galway and is credited with the creation of the Claddagh Ring.
Richard Joyce (born 1966) is a British -New Zealand moral philosopher, known for his contributions to the field of meta-ethics. Joyce is a prominent moral anti ...
1737
Goldsmith
Joyce was a member of one of the Tribes of Galway and is credited with the creation of the Claddagh Ring.
18th-century Irish person