Beast and Man - The Roots of Human Nature

List of contents

Part One: Conceptual Problems of an unusual species 1. Have We a Nature? 2. Animals and the problems of Evil 3. Instinct, Nature, and Purpose Part Two: Art and Science in Psychology 4. Directions without a Director 5. On Taking Motives Seriously 6. Altruism and Egoism Part Three: Signposts 7. Up and Down 8. Evolution and Practical Thinking 9. Facts and Values Part Four: The Marks of Man 10. Speech and Other Excellences 11. On Being Animal as well as Rational 12. Why we need a Culture Part Five 13. The Unity of Life Bibliography Index

Summary

In this major work, Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals argues that humans are rather more like animals than we have previously allowed ourselves to believe.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Midgley
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2002
• EAN: 9780415289863
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28986-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Weight: 910 g
• Series: Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy