caa a22 4500 465803180 CHVBK 20180323112057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00127485 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00127485 Really taking Darwin seriously: An alternative to Michael Ruse's Darwinian metaethics [Elektronische Daten] [William Rottschaefer, David Martinsen] Michael Ruse has proposed in his recent book Taking Darwin Seriously and elsewhere a new Darwinian ethics distinct from traditional evolutionary ethics, one that avoids the latter's inadequate accounts of the nature of morality and its failed attempts to provide a naturalistic justification of morality. Ruse argues for a sociobiologically based account of moral sentiments, and an evolutionary based casual explanation of their function, rejecting the possibility of ultimate ethical justification. We find that Ruse's proposal distorts, overextends and weakens both Darwinism and naturalism. So we propose an alternative Darwinian metaethics that both remedies the problems in Ruse's proposal and shows how a Darwinian naturalistic account of the moral good in terms of human fitness avoids the naturalistic fallacy and can provide genuine, even if limited, justifications for substantive ethical claims. Thus, we propose to really take Darwin seriously. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Darwinian ethics nationallicence ethics nationallicence evolution nationallicence evolutionary ethics nationallicence M. Ruse nationallicence naturalistic fallacy nationallicence sociobiology nationallicence Rottschaefer William Philosophy Department and Biology Department, Lewis and Clark College, 97219, Portland, OR, USA aut Martinsen David Philosophy Department and Biology Department, Lewis and Clark College, 97219, Portland, OR, USA aut Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(1990-04-01), 149-173 0169-3867 5:2<149 1990 5 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127485 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127485 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rottschaefer William Philosophy Department and Biology Department, Lewis and Clark College, 97219, Portland, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martinsen David Philosophy Department and Biology Department, Lewis and Clark College, 97219, Portland, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(1990-04-01), 149-173 0169-3867 5:2<149 1990 5 10539 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer