22 January 2008

 

Philosophy of Biological and Cognitive Sciences

Matteo Mameli and David Papineau

Tuesdays 12-1.30 Lecture Room KCL Dept of Philosophy

KCL/LSE MSc in PHS

 

Evolution and Ethics

 

 

Readings

 

Kitcher, P. 1995 ‘Four ways of ‘biologizingethics’ in E. Sober ed Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology 2nd ed MIT

 

Lillehammer, H. 2003 ‘Debunking Morality: moral error theory and evolutionary naturalism’ Biology and Philosophy 2003

 

Kitcher, P. 2005 ‘Biology and Ethics’ in D. Copp ed The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory OUP