Naturalizing Ethics: the Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency

Moral agency is a central feature of both religious and secular conceptions of human beings. In this paper I outline a scientific naturalistic model of moral agency making use of current findings and theories in sociobiology,developmental psychology, and social cognitive theory. The model provides a...

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Main Author: Rottschaefer, William A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
In: Zygon
Year: 2000, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-286
Further subjects:B Moral Development
B Religion
B Sociobiology
B Altruism
B genetic selfishness
B Moral Agency
B moral agency and biology
B social cognitivetheory
B and science
B Ethics
B Martin Hoffman
B Albert Bandura
B Evolutionary Ethics
B naturalized ethics
B moral agency andpsychology
B Naturalistic Fallacy
B ethics and science
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