Beginning with Möbius’s pike, which learned to leave its neighbour tench alone after battering its nose on a glass partition, Nordau argues that morality is a product of evolution rather than revelation. He examines its biological basis, its relation to law, the immorality of nations, freedom and responsibility, progress, and the sanctions that make people behave.
A forceful freethinker’s case for a naturalistic ethics, of interest to readers of Darwin and moral philosophy. Download the free EPUB.