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Title Primates and philosophers : how morality evolved / Frans de Waal, Robert Wright, Christine M. Korsgaard, Philip Kitcher, Peter Singer ; edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and Josiah Ober.
Author Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948- author.
Publisher Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2006.


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Description xix, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN 9780691169163 paperback
0691169160 paperback
Note Originally published: 2006.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Josiah Ober and Stephen Macedo -- Part I. Morally evolved : primate social instincts, human morality, and the rise and fall of "veneer theory" / Frans de Waal -- Appendix A : Anthropomorphism and anthropodenial -- Appendix B : Do apes have a theory of mind? -- Appendix C : Animal rights -- -- Part II. Comments. The uses of anthropomorphism / Robert Wright -- Morality and the distinctiveness of human action / Christine M. Korsgaard -- Ethics and evolution : How to get here from there / Philip Kitcher -- Morality, reason, and the rights of animals / Peter Singer -- -- Part III. Response to commentators. The tower of morality / Frans de Waal.
Note Text in English.
Series Princeton science library.
University Center for Human Values series.
Library Class Philosophy QP35
Subject Ethics, Evolutionary.
Primates -- Behavior.
Altruistic behavior in animals.
Other Author Wright, Robert, 1957- author.
Korsgaard, Christine M. (Christine Marion), author.
Kitcher, Philip, 1947- author.
Singer, Peter, 1946- author.
Macedo, Stephen, 1957- editor, author of introduction, etc.
Ober, Josiah, editor, author of introduction, etc.

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