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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主要作者: Rottschaefer, William A. (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
In: Zygon
Year: 2000, 卷: 35, 發布: 2, Pages: 253-286
Further subjects:B Moral Development
B 宗教
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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總結: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 answers to four central questions about moral agency: (1) what it is, (2) how it is acquired, (3) how it is put to work, and (4) how it is justified. I suggest that this model can provide religious and secular moral theories with a basis for a common understanding of moral agency.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00276