TY - BOOK ID - 51252557 TI - The biology and psychology of moral agency PY - 1998 SN - 0521592658 0521064503 0511527357 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ethics, Evolutionary. KW - Ethics, Evolutionary KW - Ethics, Naturalistic KW - Evolutionary ethics KW - Naturalistic ethics KW - Ethics KW - Ethical relativism KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:51252557 AB - This important book brings findings and theories in biology and psychology to bear on the fundamental question in ethics of what it means to behave morally. It explains how we acquire and put to work our capacities to act morally and how these capacities are reliable means to achieving true moral beliefs, proper moral motivations, and successful moral actions. By presenting a complete model of moral agency based on contemporary evolutionary theory, developmental biology and psychology, and social cognitive theory, the book offers a unique perspective. It will be read with profit by a broad swathe of philosophers, as well as psychologists and biologists. ER -