Recent theorists have suggested that human altruism toward non-family members evolved because of the tremendous benefits of reciprocity. Developing further the notion that evolutionary theory can help to explain moral sentiments, Howard Kahane proposes that a sense of fair play is essential to ethics and argues that moral obligation, too narrowly construed, prevents us from living rationally. He brings his account of fair play to bear on the ethics of various domains of social life including friendship, taxes, civil rights, and nation states.
- ISBN10 0847681173
- ISBN13 9780847681174
- Publish Date 19 December 1995
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 21 October 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English