Is social evolution a moral inversion?

Authors

Allen R. Dyer, Duke University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-1-1978

Journal

American Psychologist

Volume

33

Issue

8

DOI

10.1037/0003-066X.33.8.768

Keywords

biological vs social evolution, urban humanity &; social behavior, commentary

Abstract

Uses awareness of irony as a clue to understanding D. Campbell's ethical concerns about conflicts between biological and social evolution and between psychology and moral tradition. This epistemological consideration of Campbell's thesis is illuminated by the work of M. Polanyi (1958). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

APA Citation

Dyer, A. (1978). Is social evolution a moral inversion?. American Psychologist, 33 (8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.33.8.768