Transcending Irony
Abstract. A more complete understanding of the biocultural evolutionary origins of the concept of ought as developed by David Hume and G. E. Moore may lower the philosophical barrier between is and ought and provide new insights about the separations between the domains of religion and science. If t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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Zygon
Year: 2010, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 437-442 |
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Ethics
B Ought B biocultural evolution B is B Naturalistic Fallacy |
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| Summary: | Abstract. A more complete understanding of the biocultural evolutionary origins of the concept of ought as developed by David Hume and G. E. Moore may lower the philosophical barrier between is and ought and provide new insights about the separations between the domains of religion and science. If this conjecture is correct, the resulting wisdom will help transcend a major source of irony that Philip Hefner has so aptly identified in his essay. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2010.01092.x |