Evolving Ethics: The New Science of Good and Evil

by Ann E. Nicholson, Kevin B. Korb, Owen Woodberry, et al.

This book describes the application of Artificial Life simulation to evolutionary scenarios of wide ethical interest, including the evolution of altruism, rape and abortion, providing a new meaning to "experimental philosophy". The authors also apply evolutionary ALife techniques to explore contentious issues within evolutionary theory itself, such as the evolution of aging. They justify these uses of simulation in science and philosophy, both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845402065
• ISBN13: 9781845402068
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"