29 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

(1) K. Brosnan, "Dissolving a dilemma: why Darwinian considerations don't confront moral realism with hard choices".

(2) S. Street, "A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value", Philosophical Studies 127, 109-166.

(3) E. Sober, "Prospects for an evolutionary ethics", in E. Sober, From a Biological Point of View, 1994.