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Moral Nature

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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…

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  • … | Selected Readings In Descent of Man , Darwin argued that human morality had …
  • … (Barrett et al. eds. 1987, p. 619) Darwin gathered observations over many decades on …
  • … Though rooted in instinctive sympathy, moral behavior for Darwin was not purely automatic or …
  • … the social instincts that humans shared with animals. Darwin's moral theory was the most …
  • … obligation, compassion, guilt, and the pangs of conscience. Darwin's theory was condemned by …
  • … save another. Letters Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, …
  • … but rather in a muddle on the whole subject" Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, …
  • … but 'in the air' from generation to generation." Letter 7685 : Darwin to …
  • … that man ever existed as a non-social animal." Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to …
  • … the moral sense, at a time when Paris is aflame". Letter 7145 : Darwin to Cobbe, F. …
  • … apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind." Letter 7149 : Cobbe, F. P. to …
  • … metaphysics & physics form one great philosophy?" Letter 7470 : Wedgwood, …
  • … which look with reverence or respect is shame." Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to …
  • … & regret his conduct." Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to Abbott, F. E. A., 30 …
  • … In correspondence with the engineer and physcist, Samuel Tolver Preston, Darwin debated the role of …
  • … Self or Self-Interest." Letter 12615 : Darwin, C. R. to Preston, S. T., 22 May …
  • … 2007. Darwin (London: Routledge), ch. 6 Richards, R. J. 1987. Darwin the development of …