The Biological Basis of Ethics
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07/25/24 • 14 min
A very warm welcome to everyone - new and old - to the 2nd season of “Not A Doctor” podcast. In this first episode, I take a look at the biology behind ethics and morals - is it something made up philosophically and through society, or is there a biological basis to it?
You can reach me through Twitter/X @manibeygi, or you can email me using the address [email protected]
“Not A Doctor” by Mani is a podcast produced by RAHA Open Media, an Open Access Project. Find out more at www.rahaopenmedia.org
Bibliography:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261968263_The_Biological_Foundations_of_Ethics
Morality and Evolutionary Biology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/
Darwin, C., 1859, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, London: John Murray. 1871, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, New York: Appleton.
Dawkins, R., 1976, The Selfish Gene, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hamilton, W. D., 1964, ‘The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour I and II’, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 7: 1–16, 17–32.
Sober, E., 1988, ‘What is Evolutionary Altruism?’, in New Essays on Philosophy and Biology (Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supp. Vol. 14), B. Linsky and M. Mathen (eds.), Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 1994, ‘Did Evolution Make us Psychological Egoists?’, in his From A Biological Point of View, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011, Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?, New York: Prometheus.
Sober, E. and Wilson D.S., 1998, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Music & Audio credits:
Intro by Breakz Studios from Pixabay
A very warm welcome to everyone - new and old - to the 2nd season of “Not A Doctor” podcast. In this first episode, I take a look at the biology behind ethics and morals - is it something made up philosophically and through society, or is there a biological basis to it?
You can reach me through Twitter/X @manibeygi, or you can email me using the address [email protected]
“Not A Doctor” by Mani is a podcast produced by RAHA Open Media, an Open Access Project. Find out more at www.rahaopenmedia.org
Bibliography:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261968263_The_Biological_Foundations_of_Ethics
Morality and Evolutionary Biology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/
Darwin, C., 1859, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, London: John Murray. 1871, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, New York: Appleton.
Dawkins, R., 1976, The Selfish Gene, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hamilton, W. D., 1964, ‘The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour I and II’, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 7: 1–16, 17–32.
Sober, E., 1988, ‘What is Evolutionary Altruism?’, in New Essays on Philosophy and Biology (Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supp. Vol. 14), B. Linsky and M. Mathen (eds.), Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 1994, ‘Did Evolution Make us Psychological Egoists?’, in his From A Biological Point of View, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011, Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?, New York: Prometheus.
Sober, E. and Wilson D.S., 1998, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Music & Audio credits:
Intro by Breakz Studios from Pixabay
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