Animal Choice and Human Freedom - On the Genealogy of Self-Determined Action

This book develops an evolutionary account of animal choice and human freedom, thus supplementing the conceptual account of freedom with an explanation how it developed.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Question of Freedom

Part I: Freedom and its Forms

Chapter 1: Basic Characterization of Freedom

Chapter 2: Differential Characterization of Freedom

Part II: The Evolution of Freedom

Chapter 3: The Philosophy of Evolution

Chapter 4: Biological Evolution

Chapter 5: Evolution as the Unfolding of Freedom

Conclusion and the Road Ahead

References

Endnotes

About the author

Michael Yudanin received his PhD from the University of Georgia.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Yudanin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781793620187
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-018-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Biology, life sciences, Ethics and moral philosophy, Topics in philosophy