Roots of Equality (eBook)

Anthropological and Normative Sources

Lantz Miller (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
306 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-1487-0 (ISBN)

Infos

For centuries, thinkers have grappled with the mystery of how humans first formulated the notion of equality. The species is quite territorial and, according to history, has demonstrated a violent streak. How could such a creature have developed the peaceful impulse to ensure everyone gets their fair share?Some have surmised that equality was a last-gasp measure: the guarantee of peace to avert self-annihilation. However, a closer examination of the phenomenon across the existence of Homo sapiens illuminates a naturalistic solution to the puzzle. Lantz Miller traces the early advancements of our species to argue that, rather than concocting equality to forestall self-annihilation, it was forged through a lived condition of freedom over hundreds of thousands of years. Bringing together insights from both philosophy and anthropology, The Roots of Equality: Anthropological and Normative Sources investigates how our foraging ancestors came to thrive in egalitarian communities without sacrificing autonomy along the way.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: archaeology • Autonomy • Cultural Anthropology • Global Justice • Human Evolution • Metaethics • Naturalism • physical anthropology • Political Anthropology • Social Philosophy • Value theory
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-1487-8 / 1666914878
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-1487-0 / 9781666914870