Biophilia, Selfish Genes, Shared Values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20055397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holmes Rolston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 381-414 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | New Economy of Nature (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/jj.40831413.17 |
| OpenAlex | W2891761904 |
| ISBN | 9781597269063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
WO CENTRAL FEATURES of Edward O. Wilson's work are selfish genes and biophilia (1975a, 1984a).Perhaps more than any other living biologist, he has sought an ethics that is, both subjectively and objectively, based on biology.We moral agents, human subjects who act, must have morality based in our genes.And those who are the focus of concern, the objects or beneficiaries of our moral behavior, are not simply other humans but plants and animals.This ethics is based in a love for all forms of life: biophilia.So the chief exponent of selfish genes reaches toward a more comprehensive ethics, one even including ants.Hence the puzzle: can we get biophilia from selfish genes?If so, well and good.If not, must we choose one or the other?Here I will propose a theory that describes what is going on and prescribes what ought to be.We can start with selfish genes but will have to expand progressively outward until we end with the whole Earth.By a series of ever more extensive hookups we -------.1984a.Biophilia
Biology · Computational biology · Gene · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Genetics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2018 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |