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Is Darwinian metaethics possible (and if it is, is it well taken)? / Michael Ruse -- The descent of instinct and the ascent of ethics / Giovanni Boniolo -- Are human beings part of the rest of nature? / Christopher Lang, Elliott Sober, and Karen Strier -- The nature of resemblance : homologues in the nervous system and behavioral correspondence / Aldo Fasolo -- Genetic influences on moral capacity : what genetic mutants can teach us / Giovanni Boniolo and Paolo Vezzoni -- Evolutionary psychopharmacology, mental disorders, and ethical behavior / Stefano Canali, Gabriele De Anna, and Luca Pani -- The biology of human culture and ethics : an evolutionary perspective / Stefano Parmigiani, Gabriele De Anna, Danilo Mainardi, and Paola Palanza -- Biology to ethics : an evolutionist's view of human nature / Francisco Ayala -- Between fragile altruism and morality : evolution and the emergence of normative guidance / Philip Kitcher -- Will genomics do more for metaphysics than Locke? / Alex Rosenberg.

How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics? This book responds to this question by examining how evolutionism can explain and justify the existence of ethical normativity and the emergence of particular moral systems. Written by a team of philosophers and scientists, the essays collected in this volume deal with the limits of evolutionary explanations, the justifications of ethics, and methodological issues concerning evolutionary accounts of ethics, among other topics. They offer deep insights into the origin and purpose of human moral capacities and of moral systems.