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... organisms, is a "survival machine," then "tinkering" may appear sensible; if "man is an animal," then the moral primacy of "needs" over "self-mastery" and "higher purposes" may appear only logical (Barzun 1964, pp. 264—65, 292). What ...
... organisms, is a "survival machine," then "tinkering" may appear sensible; if "man is an animal," then the moral primacy of "needs" over "self-mastery" and "higher purposes" may appear only logical (Barzun 1964, pp. 264—65, 292). What ...
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... organism to environment was no longer proof of God's existence and benevolence but was, instead, an automatic and bloody result of population pressure, random variation, and intraspecific struggle. With God a victim of "structural ...
... organism to environment was no longer proof of God's existence and benevolence but was, instead, an automatic and bloody result of population pressure, random variation, and intraspecific struggle. With God a victim of "structural ...
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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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