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Bio-constructivism. Towards an organisational account of virtue
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Myopia is a defect of eyesight; cruelty a defect of character. Oaks ought to have strong roots and humans ought to be charitable. Human beings can have a good or bad sense of justice, just as most animals can have a good or bad sense of smell. There is a striking similarity between the way we describe functions or purposes in living things, and the virtues of human beings. Surely, this insight should allow us to connect ethics and biology! Thus, it could bring us closer to understanding how e...
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+ Harcourt, E
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- University of Oxford
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- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-7176-226X
+ Hills, A
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Supervisor
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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2025-10-10
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- Milan Ney
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- 2025
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