Genes, Genesis, and God - Couverture souple

Rolston

 
9780521646741: Genes, Genesis, and God
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052164674X ISBN 13 : 9780521646741
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Holmes Rolston challenges the sociobiological orthodoxy that would naturalize science, ethics, and religion. The book argues that genetic processes are not blind, selfish, and contingent, and that nature is therefore not value-free. The author examines the emergence of complex biodiversity through evolutionary history. Especially remarkable in this narrative is the genesis of human beings with their capacities for science, ethics, and religion. A major conceptual task of the book is to relate cultural genesis to natural genesis. There is also a general account of how values are created and transmitted in both natural and human cultural history. The book is written by one of the most well-respected figures in the philosophy of biology and religion.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Holmes Rolston challenges the sociobiological orthodoxy that would naturalize science, ethics, and religion. The book argues that genetic processes are not blind, selfish, and contingent, and that nature is therefore not value-free. The author examines the emergence of complex biodiversity through evolutionary history. Especially remarkable in this narrative is the genesis of human beings with their capacities for science, ethics, and religion. A major conceptual task of the book is to relate cultural genesis to natural genesis. There is also a general account of how values are created and transmitted in both natural and human cultural history. The book is written by one of the most well-respected figures in the philosophy of biology and religion.

Revue de presse

'This book ... is a full and fair natural theological attempt to understand modern biology and its relevance for social, ethical and religious thought.' The Philosophical Quarterly

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052164674X
ISBN 13 
9780521646741
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
420
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521641081: Genes, Genesis, and God: Values and their Origins in Natural and Human History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  052164108X ISBN 13 :  9780521641081
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999
Couverture rigide