Moral Animals Ideals and Constraints in Moral

Moral Animalsoffers a brand new approach to moral theory. Drawing on anthropology, sociology, and evolutionary theory, as well as philosophy of language and philosophy of science, Catherine Wilson shows how to understand and reconcile our moral aspirations for a just world with the constraints human nature places on us. This ambitious book will spark fresh debates within philosophy and across the social sciences.

Catherine Wilson is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York

Morality as a System of Advantage-Reducing Imperatives	p. 1
A Platform for Human Morality	p. 2
The Demarcation Problem	p. 8
Are Advantage-Reducing Imperatives Natural?	p. 16
Morality and Hypermorality	p. 27
Paraworlds and Confirmation	p. 35
Moral Belief-Sets and Theory M	p. 36
Authored and Unauthored Norms	p. 38
The Form of a Moral Theory	p. 43
Moral Theories and Paraworlds	p. 48
How Remote are Paraworlds from the Real World?	p. 56
Relativism	p. 62
Limits on Theory I: Costs to Agents	p. 70
Exigency in Moral Theory	p. 71
The First-Person Standpoint	p. 77
The Argument from Heavy Costs	p. 85
Limits on Theory II: Immanent Standpoints	p. 95
Immanentism	p. 97
Fast and Slow Paraworlds	p. 101
The Disqualification Thesis	p. 104
Opacity and Disqualification	p. 113
In Defence of Theory	p. 119
The Anonymity Requirement and Counterweight Principles	p. 126
The Anonymity Requirement	p. 127
The Partiality Exemption	p. 142
From Theory to Practice	p. 147
Counterweights to the Argument from Heavy Costs	p. 151
The Division of the Cooperative Surplus	p. 164
Is Variance a Moral Concern?	p. 166
Procedural Theories of Justice	p. 174
Basic and Symmetrical Cooperation	p. 179
Equality	p. 89
Justification and Consent	p. 195
Immanentism and the Argument from Inevitability	p. 202
The Role of a Merit Principle in Distributive Justice	p. 212
Two Distributive Norms	p. 213
Instrumental Considerations regarding Merit	p. 228
Detecting and Assessing Merit	p. 236
Objective Deprivation and Thresholds	p. 242
Statistical Equality of Outcomes Required	p. 248
Moral Equality and 'Natural' Subordination	p. 254
Male-Female Relations in Moral Philosophy	p. 255
Are Women Objectively Deprived?	p. 257
Some Favoured Explanations for Female Subordination	p. 266
The Argument from Heavy Costs	p. 277
Recursive Effects of Social Judgement	p. 283
Policies for Equality	p. 288
Love as a Morally Relevant Phenomenon	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 302
Index	p. 313
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