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The Solitary Self : Darwin and the Selfish Gene.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317488248
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Solitary SelfDDC classification:
  • 171.9
LOC classification:
  • B1647.M473 -- S65 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism -- 2. The background: egoism from Hobbes to R. D. Laing -- 3. The natural springs of morality -- 4. Coming to terms with reason -- 5. Darwin's new broom -- 6. The self's strange adventures -- Conclusion: the wider perspective -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. This title argues that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism -- 2. The background: egoism from Hobbes to R. D. Laing -- 3. The natural springs of morality -- 4. Coming to terms with reason -- 5. Darwin's new broom -- 6. The self's strange adventures -- Conclusion: the wider perspective -- Bibliography -- Index.

Explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. This title argues that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic.

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