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Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality /

Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality /
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Autore Hunter, James Davison, 1955- autore
Titolo Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality / James Davison Hunter, Paul Nedelisky. Libro
Pubblicazione New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
©2018
Descrizione fisica xv, 289 pagine ; 21 cm
Serie Foundational questions in science
Nota bibliografica Bibliografia: pagine 261-274
Riassunto In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky recount the centuries-long, passionate quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E.O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of an effort that has failed repeatedly. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. Hunter and Nedelisky argue that in the end, science cannot tell us how we should live or why we should be good and not evil, and this is for both philosophical and scientific reasons. In the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded that right and wrong, because they are not amenable to scientific study, don actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Sito dell'editore
Soggetto Etica
Scienza -- Aspetti etici
Altri Autori Nedelisky, Paul autore
Serie Foundational questions in science
Nuova Numerazione 445695
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