A Darwinian Left : politics, evolution, and cooperation /
Singer, Peter, 1946-
A Darwinian Left : politics, evolution, and cooperation / Peter Singer. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2000. - 1 online resource (ix, 70 pages) - Darwinism today .
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1999.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Politics and Darwinism -- Can the left accept a Darwinian view of human nature? -- Competition or cooperation? -- From cooperation to altruism? -- A Darwinian left for today and beyond.
"In this book, a renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated view of human nature. He shows how the insights of modern evolutionary theory, particularly on the evolution of cooperation, can help the left attain its social and political goals." "Singer explains why the left originally rejected Darwinian thought and why these reasons are no longer viable. He discusses how twentieth-century thinking has transformed our understanding of Darwinian evolution, showing that it is compatible with cooperation as well as competition, and that the left can draw on this modern understanding to foster cooperation for socially desirable ends. A Darwinian left, says Singer, would still be on the side of the weak, poor, and oppressed, but it would have a better understanding of what social and economic changes would really work to benefit them. It would also work toward a higher moral status for nonhuman animals and a less anthropocentric view of our dominance over nature."--BOOK JACKET.
9780300189995
Social Darwinism.
Right and left (Political science)
Socialism.
Human evolution.
Electronic Books.
HM631 / .D379 2000
A Darwinian Left : politics, evolution, and cooperation / Peter Singer. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2000. - 1 online resource (ix, 70 pages) - Darwinism today .
Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1999.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Politics and Darwinism -- Can the left accept a Darwinian view of human nature? -- Competition or cooperation? -- From cooperation to altruism? -- A Darwinian left for today and beyond.
"In this book, a renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated view of human nature. He shows how the insights of modern evolutionary theory, particularly on the evolution of cooperation, can help the left attain its social and political goals." "Singer explains why the left originally rejected Darwinian thought and why these reasons are no longer viable. He discusses how twentieth-century thinking has transformed our understanding of Darwinian evolution, showing that it is compatible with cooperation as well as competition, and that the left can draw on this modern understanding to foster cooperation for socially desirable ends. A Darwinian left, says Singer, would still be on the side of the weak, poor, and oppressed, but it would have a better understanding of what social and economic changes would really work to benefit them. It would also work toward a higher moral status for nonhuman animals and a less anthropocentric view of our dominance over nature."--BOOK JACKET.
9780300189995
Social Darwinism.
Right and left (Political science)
Socialism.
Human evolution.
Electronic Books.
HM631 / .D379 2000