Evolution, Human Behaviour and Morality - 9780367596156

Taylor & Francis

Evolution, Human Behaviour and MoralityThe Legacy of Westermarck\nAuthor(s): Olli Lagerspetz, Jan Antfolk, Ylva Gustafsson, Camilla Kronqvist\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367596156, 978-0367596156\nSynopsis\nThis book highlights the recent re-emergence of Edward Westermarck's work in modern approaches to morality and altruism, examining his importance as one of the founding fathers of anthropology and as a moral relativist, who identified our moral feelings with biologically-evolved retributive emotions.\n\nQuestioning the extent to which current debates on the relationship between biology and morality are similar to those in which Westermarck himself was involved, the authors ask what can be learnt from his arguments and from the criticism that he encountered. Drawing on Westermarck's manuscripts and papers as well as his published work, the authors show the importance of situating debates, whether modern o.