Evolutionary psychology is one of many biologically informed approaches to the study of human behavior. Along with cognitive psychologists, evolutionary psychologists propose that much, if not all, of our behavior can be explained by appeal to internal psychological mechanisms. What distinguishes evolutionary psychologists from many cognitive psychologists is the proposal that the relevant internal mechanisms are adaptations—products of natural selection—that helped our ancestors get around the world, survive and reproduce. To understand the central claims of evolutionary psychology we require an understanding of some key concepts in evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind. Philosophers are interested in evolutionary psychology for a number of reasons. For philosophers of science —mostly philosophers of biology—evolutionary psychology provides a critical target. There is a broad consensus among philosophers of science that evolutionary psychology is a deeply flawed enterprise. For philosophers of mind and cognitive science evolutionary psychology has been a source of empirical hypotheses about cognitive architecture and specific components of that architecture. Philosophers of mind are also critical of evolutionary psychology but their criticisms are not as all-encompassing as those presented by philosophers of biology. Evolutionary psychology is also invoked by philosophers interested in moral psychology both as a source of empirical hypotheses and as a critical target.

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

Purpose – The authors perform a large‐scale literature review and use conceptual theory building to introduce the concept of sustainability to the field of supply chain management and demonstrate the relationships among environmental, social, and economic performance within a supply chain management context.Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual theory building is used to develop a framework and propositions representing a middle theory of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM).Findings – The authors introduce the concept of sustainability – the integration of environmental, social, and economic criteria that allow an organization to achieve long‐term economic viability – to the logistics literature, and position sustainability within the broader rubric of SSCM. They then present a framework of SSCM and develop research propositions based on resource dependence theory, transaction cost economics, population ecology, and the resource‐based view of the firm. The authors conclude by discussing manageri...

A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory

All these premises having, as I think, been clearly made out, it is impossible that the rulers now on earth should make any benefit, or derive any the least shadow of authority from that, which is held to be the fountain of all power, Adam's private dominion and paternal jurisdiction; so that he that will not give just occasion to think that all government in the world is the product only of force and violence, and that men live together by no other rules but that of beasts, where the strongest carries it, and so lay a foundation for perpetual disorder and mischief, tumult, sedition and rebellion, (things that the followers of that hypothesis so loudly cry out against) must of necessity find out another rise of government, another original of political power, and another way of designing and knowing the persons that have it, than what Sir Robert Filmer hath taught us.

Two Treatises of Government.

Anarchy, state, and utopia

Encyclopedia of corporate social responsibility

Purpose – To clarify the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and profits.Design/methodology/approach – Explicates CSR against the background of a larger thesis (Coase) about the role of firms in a market economy.Findings – There are three different senses of CSR: negative – what not to do (illegal); positive – innovative products and services; and supplementary. There is a clear hierarchy or prioritization here: negative > positive > supplementary.Practical implications – There are four areas in which supplementary obligations contribute directly to the bottom line: the environment, marketing, recruitment, and international.Originality/value – This paper overcomes false dualisms between CSR and profits, avoids hidden political agendas, and offers persuasive arguments for firms to engage in relevant CSR activity.

Corporate social responsibility and the bottom line

1. Childhood and early education: the great experiment (1806-20) 2. Company man and youthful propaganda (1821-6) 3. Crisis (1826-30) 4. The discovery of romance and romanticism (1830-40) 5. The transitional essays 6. Intellectual success (1840-5) 7. Worldly success (1846-50) 8. Private years (1850-9) 9. The memorial essays: utilitarianism, representative government, on liberty 10. Public intellectual (1859-69) 11. Last years (1869-73).

John Stuart Mill: A Biography

McGill Hume Studies

Contents: Hume and his predecessors - Distinguishing moral sentiment from moral judgment - The rejection of the traditional moral ought - How the Enquiry amended the Treatise.

Nicholas Capaldi

Papers

Encyclopedia of corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility and the bottom line

John Stuart Mill: A Biography

McGill Hume Studies

Hume's place in moral philosophy