Biology and Ethics: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 26 and 27 September 1968Francis John Govier Ebling |
Contents
Towards the Biological Definition of Ethics M R A CHANCE | 3 |
The Development of Moral Attitudes and Behaviour B M Foss | 15 |
Characteristics of Ethical Systems in Primitive Human Society | 23 |
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abnormal accepted action adult androgen animal attitudes become biological warfare biological weapons biologists bisexual blastocyst Catholic cells child chromosome collective guilt concept concerned conflict conform contraception course criminal responsibility cultural death defence dialysis discussion disease donor ectopic pregnancies embryo England environment ethical behaviour ethical problems ethical system ethology evidence evolution evolutionary example expressed fact factors feel female fertilized function genetic Geneva Protocol human behaviour Huxley idea important individual induced abortion intelligence involved judgements Julian Huxley kidney learning liability living London male mating mens rea moral natural selection normal offence organs patient person population possible pregnancy present primates primitive societies produce psychological punishment reasons relation result rules scientists sense of guilt sexual situations social species spontaneous abortion strict liability survival Symposium theory tion traditional transplantation women