Evolution and ethics viewed from within two metaphors: machine and organism

How is moral thinking, ethics, related to evolutionary theorizing? There are two approaches, epitomized by Charles Darwin who works under the metaphor of the world as a machine, and by Herbert Spencer who works under the metaphor of the world as an organism. Although the author prefers the first app...

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Published inHistory and philosophy of the life sciences Vol. 44; no. 1; p. 1
Main Author Ruse, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Education
Ethics
History of Science
Life Sciences
Metaphor
Morals
Normativity and the Life Sciences: Analytical and Continental Perspectives
Original Paper
Philosophy
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Science
Ethics
Progress
Naturalistic fallacy
Herbert Spencer
Organicism
Charles Darwin
Mechanism
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Summary:How is moral thinking, ethics, related to evolutionary theorizing? There are two approaches, epitomized by Charles Darwin who works under the metaphor of the world as a machine, and by Herbert Spencer who works under the metaphor of the world as an organism. Although the author prefers the first approach, the aim of this paper is to give a disinterested account of both approaches.
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ISSN:0391-9714
1742-6316
DOI:10.1007/s40656-022-00482-2