Naturaleza y moralidad: Esbozo de una relación vidriosa
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[1] Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
México
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- Localización: Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie, ISSN 1133-5165, Vol. 26, Nº. 49, 2018, págs. 1-18
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
Nature and morality: Outline of a glassy relationshipIt is said that Hume “naturalized” morality since, according to him, we can only understand morality when we admit that it is an instinct instilled in us by nature. Even so, the notion of moral instinct thrives among English-speaking scientists not thanks to Hume, but to Darwin’s explanations, which offer a scientific base to ethics. In 1837, Darwin wrote that his theory “will lead to a new philosophy”. True, we are heirs to such naturalist tradition. However, it is thought that Darwinian morality is based on the instinct of self-preservation, when in reality the opposite occurs. To understand more deeply the naturemorality relationship, it is necessary to review the Darwinian approach on the origin of moral and to put forward two contemporary topics that also attend morality based on facts of nature: neurobiological determinism and moral enhancement through biomedical and psychopharmacological techniques.
