IDIHCS   22126
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The place of biology and anthropology in Dewey?s ethical project
Autor/es:
LÓPEZ, FEDERICO E.
Revista:
COGNITIO
Editorial:
Centro de Estudos de Pragmatismo, PUCSP
Referencias:
Lugar: San Pablo; Año: 2018 vol. 19 p. 270 - 281
ISSN:
2316-5278
Resumen:
This article focuses on Dewey?s uses of scientific andevolutionary insights in ethics. To begin with, an overview of Dewey?sethics is presented. It is pointed out that his position on ethics must beunderstood as a political project that advocates for the use of scientificknowledge in dealing with ethical and political conflicts. In turn, this pointof view is based on the thesis of the material and methodological continuitybetween science and ethics. The second section addresses the question ofDewey?s approach to the bond of science and philosophy in general, andthe value of evolutionary theory and anthropology to ethics in particular.Contrary to some current interpretations, it is argued that, according toDewey, biology and evolution theory do not have the only nor the finalsay on ethics, and that in his opinion the relevance of anthropology andsocial sciences must not be overlooked. Moreover, it is argued that thematerial continuity between science and ethics highlights the importance ofa scientifically informed ethical deliberation when facing ethical problems,while the methodological continuity shows how it is possible to reachsound conclusions in ethics but also the relevance of what can be calledgenealogical critiques concerning inherited moral beliefs.