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... appeared to have settled at last the century- long debate on the significance of evolutionary biology for the study of human social behavior. Western biologists and social scientists were now nearly unanimous in their belief that not ...
... appeared to have settled at last the century- long debate on the significance of evolutionary biology for the study of human social behavior. Western biologists and social scientists were now nearly unanimous in their belief that not ...
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... appeared insignificant; and morally, because of the cruelties committed in their name. Remarkably, this consensus is now losing its hold on the minds of both scientists and laymen, as biological science and technology focus increasingly ...
... appeared insignificant; and morally, because of the cruelties committed in their name. Remarkably, this consensus is now losing its hold on the minds of both scientists and laymen, as biological science and technology focus increasingly ...
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... appeared suspect, we are told. For some theists, agnostics, and atheists there may have been "grandeur" in this new view of life and a welcome release from a culture of arrogance and guilt, but, according to the standard view, for the ...
... appeared suspect, we are told. For some theists, agnostics, and atheists there may have been "grandeur" in this new view of life and a welcome release from a culture of arrogance and guilt, but, according to the standard view, for the ...
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Contents
From Metaphysics to Molecular Biology | 44 |
From Molecular Biology to Social Theory | 77 |
The Natural Theology of E O Wilson | 96 |
The Popularization of Human Sociobiology | 136 |
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The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
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