SINGER, SOCIOBIOLOGY, AND VALUES: PURE REASON VERSUS EMPIRICAL REASON

Autor:	David Martinsen, William A. Rottschaefer
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Dilemma Practical reason Value (ethics) Sociobiology Philosophy Religious studies Foundation (evidence) Education Epistemology
Zdroj:	Zygon�. 19:159-170
ISSN:	1467-9744 0591-2385
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00922.x
Popis:	E. O. Wilson argues that we must use scientifically based reason to solve the values dilemma created by the loss of a transcendent foundation for values. Peter Singer allows that sociobiology can help us understand the evolutionary origin of ethics, but denies the claim that sociobiology or any science can furnish us with ultimate ethical principles. We argue that Singer's critique of Wilson's attempt to bridge the gap between fact and value using empirical reason is unconvincing and that Singer's own ethical principle of disinterestedness requires major support from empirical reason and is not sustainable by pure reason alone.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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