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Bending the Rules:The Flexibility of Absolutes in Modern Life
Robert A. Hinde
其他書名
The Flexibility of Absolutes in Modern Life
出版
OUP Oxford
, 2008-12-18
主題
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / General
Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
ISBN
0199218986
9780199218981
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WwSK_11CMvwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-them-do-unto-you. Who would disagree with this 'Golden Rule'? We regard it as the basis of an absolute and universal morality. And yet it is considered acceptable to kill the enemy in war; for a businessman to do the best for himself; for a lawyer to argue professionally for a position he would personally reject. Are the moral rules we live by more flexible than they seem at first sight?In Bending the Rules Robert Hinde does not follow the much-trodden path of philosophizing about what is right and just. Instead, he uses an approach grounded in the behavioural sciences to explore the nature of morality, what people actually do, what they believe to be right, and what values they hold, and how these positions came to be. Such a deeper understanding of morality, he argues, as a product of biological and cultural evolution, and changing with social environment, holds outhope that we can avoid disaster and steer society towards peace and equity in the twenty-first century.