Human Success
Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications
Grant Ramsey editor Hugh Desmond editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:8th Jun '23
Should be back in stock very soon
Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications examines human success from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with contributions from leading paleobiologists, anthropologists, geologists, philosophers of science, and ethicists. It considers how the human species grew in success-linked metrics, such as population size and geographical range, and how it came to dominate ecological systems across the globe. It probes whether the consequences of that dominance, such as human-driven climate change and the destruction of biodiversity, mandate a rethinking of the meaning of human success. The essays in this book urge us to reflect on what has led to our apparent evolutionary success—and, most importantly, what this success implies for the future of our species.
If you want to understand human success, its biological and cultural components, start with this groundbreaking collection. Essays authored by experts from many disciplines—paleoanthropology, biology, philosophy, and more. Top-quality scholarship, jargon free. I feel proud to be part of a community of scholars such as these. * Michael Ruse, Florida State University (Emeritus) *
It is worth stressing that the current volume is an excellent collection of scholarship. It is immensely successful in bringing together complex historical narratives of hominin evolution and using them to speculate about how best to understand human success and the collective challenges in striving towards it. * Andrew Buskell, Georgia Institute of Technology *
This admirable collection has a rich diversity of cutting-edge authors, including philosophers, biologists, and anthropologists. The sections and chapters within are well organized. The book explores the many ways humans have been and may well be successful. The volume is a rich contribution that will aid both scientists and philosophers in thinking about what is and what is not the secret of our success. * Jay Odenbaugh, The Quarterly Review of Biology *
ISBN: 9780190096168
Dimensions: 163mm x 237mm x 26mm
Weight: 644g
344 pages