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... individuals and races 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 ...
... individuals and races 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 ...
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... individuals having particular viewpoints and living in particular societies. Yet the influence of philosophical presuppositions, social position, cultural context, and other "extrascientific" elements is not confined to motivating the ...
... individuals having particular viewpoints and living in particular societies. Yet the influence of philosophical presuppositions, social position, cultural context, and other "extrascientific" elements is not confined to motivating the ...
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... individuals suddenly finds itself faced with annihilation as some natural force — earth, fire, air, or water — bursts in upon their lavish, artificial environment as punishment for technological and cultural hubris. A struggle 8 ...
... individuals suddenly finds itself faced with annihilation as some natural force — earth, fire, air, or water — bursts in upon their lavish, artificial environment as punishment for technological and cultural hubris. A struggle 8 ...
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... individual meaninglessness to which 2. Thus in presenting Patricia Hearst with a pendant inscribed "Survivor 2-4-74" her fiance sought not to remind her of her terrible ordeal and the human "heart of darkness" therein revealed, but to ...
... individual meaninglessness to which 2. Thus in presenting Patricia Hearst with a pendant inscribed "Survivor 2-4-74" her fiance sought not to remind her of her terrible ordeal and the human "heart of darkness" therein revealed, but to ...
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... individuals and races in which the fittest survived and the unfit were cruelly eliminated; and, for the sake of human progress, this struggle for existence must be allowed to continue unchecked by governmental intervention or social ...
... individuals and races in which the fittest survived and the unfit were cruelly eliminated; and, for the sake of human progress, this struggle for existence must be allowed to continue unchecked by governmental intervention or social ...
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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