caa a22 4500 465803121 CHVBK 20180323112057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02207383 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02207383 Williams Patricia Department of Philosophy, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA aut Evolved ethics re-examined: The theory of Robert J. Richards [Elektronische Daten] [Patricia Williams] Conclusion: Richards's theory, then, fails on three counts. By illegitimately importing a premise from outside of the theory of evolution in order to construct a valid argument, Richards has failed to achieve his objective of deriving a moral theory exclusively from biological facts. By sliding from a causal use of "ought” to a moral one, Richards commits the fallacy of ambiguity. And by insisting that action from the motive of altruism is moral while claiming that an ethical theory which justifies Hitler's camps must be judged false, Richards has falsified his own ethical theory. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Auschwitz nationallicence biology nationallicence ethics nationallicence evolution nationallicence moral theory nationallicence naturalistic fallacy nationallicence Richards nationallicence Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1990-10-01), 451-457 0169-3867 5:4<451 1990 5 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207383 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207383 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Williams Patricia Department of Philosophy, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1990-10-01), 451-457 0169-3867 5:4<451 1990 5 10539 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer