A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation

In this ground-breaking book, a renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated...
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Author: Peter Singer
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A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation by Singer, Peter

A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation

BD$55.26

A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation

BD$55.26
Author: Peter Singer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
In this ground-breaking book, a renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated view of human nature. He shows how the insights of modern evolutionary theory, particularly on the evolution of cooperation, can help the left attain its social and political goals.

Singer explains why the left originally rejected Darwinian thought and why these reasons are no longer viable. He discusses how twentieth-century thinking has transformed our understanding of Darwinian evolution, showing that it is compatible with cooperation as well as competition, and that the left can draw on this modern understanding to foster cooperation for socially desirable ends. A Darwinian left, says Singer, would still be on the side of the weak, poor, and oppressed, but it would have a better understanding of what social and economic changes would really work to benefit them. It would also work toward a higher moral status for nonhuman animals and a less anthropocentric view of our dominance over nature.



Author: Peter Singer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/11/2000
Pages: 70
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 7.24h x 4.67w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780300083231


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 100

About the Author
Peter Singer is DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous books, including Should the Baby Live? The Problem of Handicapped Infants and Individuals, Humans and Persons: Questions of Life and Death, both coauthored with Helga Kuhse.



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