The Possibility and Limitations of Scientific Explanation of Morality

Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 62:137-140 (2018)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Can science interpret morality? Ethics is pertinent to science. To explain morality scientifically is to understand moral concept and behaviour better. In view of Darwinism, the origin of morality is closely related to human hereditary evolution and biology can interpret morality. As it develops, science can interpret morality alone. Science can provide the only correct answer to the moral problems confronting us. But we should keep in mind that the interpretation has limitations and cannot decide or replace morality.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,139

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Liberal Morality and Socialist Morality.W. B. Gallie - 1949 - Philosophy 24 (91):318 - 334.
Searching for a common morality in the global age: the proceedings of the International Conference on Moral Science in 2002.Haruo Kitagawa, Shujiro Mizuno & Peter Luff (eds.) - 2004 - New Delhi: Lancer's Books in association with Institute of Moralogy, Kashiwa-shi, Japan.
The Prospects for Evolutionary Ethics Today.Neil Levy - 2010 - EurAmerica 40 (3):529-571.
Actively Develop the Study of Ethics.Zhexue Yanjiu - 1981 - Contemporary Chinese Thought 13 (1):37-44.
The Object of Morality, and the Obligation to Keep a Promise.Don Locke - 1972 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 2 (1):135 - 143.
Précis of Human Morality.Samuel Scheffler - 1995 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55 (4):939-940.
Précis of Human Morality. [REVIEW]Samuel Scheffler - 1995 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 55 (4):939.
Passionate Desire for Ascending to the Top: The Roof of Morality on the Pillars of Interest.Shirzad Peykherfeh - 2011 - Journal of Philosophical Investigations at University of Tabriz 5 (9):69-88.
Morality and Cognitive Science.Regina A. Rini - 2015 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Stoicism, Evil, and the Possibility of Morality.Claudia Card - 1998 - Metaphilosophy 29 (4):245-253.
Common morality and moral reform.K. A. Wallace - 2009 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 30 (1):55-68.
The Biological Base of Morality?Paul R. Lawrence - 2004 - The Ruffin Series of the Society for Business Ethics 4:59-79.
Lecture I.William K. Frankena - 1980 - The Monist 63 (1):3-26.

Analytics

Added to PP
2020-05-08

Downloads
2 (#1,722,101)

6 months
1 (#1,346,405)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references