Natural Selection of Autonomy

Bruce N. Waller is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Youngstown State University. His previous work includes Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict and Freedom Without Responsibility.

"This book is a joy to read—jargon-free, cogently argued." — Mark Bernstein, University of Texas, San Antonio"Waller writes with a simplicity and grace of style which both engages the reader and illuminates the steps in the argument. The overall position defended concerning the nature of freedom/autonomy and its connection, or lack thereof, with moral responsibility is both novel and inventive. The book is remarkably creative. In part this is because it is iconoclastic, critically confronting regnant opinions. But more creatively, it offers a synoptic position—a nuanced view—with many of its presuppositions and ramifications." — George Graham, University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Natural Autonomy and Alternative Possibilities Chapter Three: Natural Authenticity Chapter Four: Moral Responsibility Chapter Five: Responsibility and the Self-Made Serf Chapter Six: Virtue, Vice, and Moral Responsibility Chapter Seven: Moral Development without Moral Responsibility Chapter Eight: Bitter Fruits, Just Deserts, and Natural Consequences Chapter Nine: Morality without Reason Chapter Ten: What Reason Adds to Animal Morality Chapter Eleven: The Moral Foundations Chapter Twelve: Darwinian Moral Nonobjectivism Chapter Thirteen: Conclusion: Darwinist Care Ethics Notes References Index