Richards R.J. Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior

University of Chicago Press, 1987. - 700 p.
With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, training, scientific and cultural concerns, and intellectual community. Many critics have argued that the Darwinian revolution stripped nature of moral purpose and ethically neutered the human animal. Richards contends, however, that Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and their disciples attempted to reanimate moral life, believing that the evolutionary process gave heart to unselfish, altruistic behavior.Origins of Evolutionary Biology of Behavior.
Behavior and Mind in Evolution: Charles Darwin's Early Theories of Instinct, Reason, and Morality.
Contributions of Natural Theology to Darwin's Theory of the Evolution of Mind and Behavior.
Debates of Evolutionists over Human Reason and Moral Sense, 1859-1871.
Darwin and the Descent of Human Rational and Moral Faculties.
Spencer's Conception of Evolution as a Moral Force.
Evolutionary Ethics: Spencer and His Critics.
Darwinism and the Demands of Metaphysics and Religion: Romanes, Mivart, and Morgan.
The Personal Equation in Science: William James's Psychological and Moral Uses of Darwinian Theory.
James Mark Baldwin: Evolutionary Biopsychology and the Politics of Scientific Ideas.
Transformation of the Darwinian Image of Man in the Twentieth Century.
Conclusion: Darwinism Is Evolutionary.