Titre du document / Document title

Darwin's beautiful notion : Sexual Selection and the plurality of moral codes = La notion de beau chez Darwin : la sélection sexuelle et la pluralité des codes moraux

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

TIPTON Jason A. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Tulane University, Department of Philosophy, 105 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5698, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

One of the explicit objectives of Darwin's Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex was to explain cultural differences seen in human beings. Such an explanation, Darwin believed, was to rest upon an understanding of sexual selection. I examine the role that the beautiful plays within the mechanism of sexual selection as it works to differentiate isolated groups. It is suggested that an examination of the relationship between sexual selection and artificial selection - a relationship mediated by the beautiful - will illuminate key issues of the Descent as well as contemporary debates regarding the relationship between evolution and ethics. The beautiful, originally rooted in sexual selection, can become de-coupled from sexual selection and utilized in some selective process which is conscious.

Revue / Journal Title

History and philosophy of the life sciences   ISSN 0391-9714 

Source / Source

1999, vol. 21, n^o2, pp. 119-135 (11 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais
Revue : Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Taylor & Francis, London, ROYAUME-UNI  (1979) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Darwin (C.) ; Selection ; Sexuality ; Beautiful ; Artificial ; Evolution ; Ethics ; Consciousness ; Reproduction ; Man ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Darwin (C.) ; Sélection ; Sexualité ; Beau ; Artificiel ; Evolution ; Ethique ; Conscience ; Reproduction ; Homme ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24533, 35400009198004.0010