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Charles Darwin

Darwin On Moral Intelligence

Vincent di Norcia applies his mental powers to Darwin’s moral theory.

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers… from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have… evolved.” Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, p.470.

“Moral concepts are embodied in and partially constitutive of forms of social life.” Alasdair MacIntyre, Short History of Ethics, p.

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