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A Darwinian Worldview - Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson (Paperback)
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A Darwinian Worldview - Sociobiology, Environmental Ethics and the Work of Edward O. Wilson (Paperback)
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Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in
its application to human beings in this book. Brian Baxter examines
the various sociobiological approaches to the explanation of human
behaviour which view the human brain, and so the human mind, as the
product of evolution, and considers the main arguments for and
against this claim. In so doing he defends the approaches against
some common criticisms, such as the charge that they are
reductionist and dehumanising. The implications of these arguments
for the social sciences and humanities are assessed, as is the
naturalistic view of ethics to which they lead. A key issue
examined in the book is the connection between this Darwinist
perspective on human beings and modern environmental ethics, which
also often assume that human beings are part of an evolved living
world. The implications of these positions for the meaningfulness
of human life are also examined. Throughout the discussion the
positions in sociobiology and environmental ethics developed by
Edward O. Wilson are taken as an exemplar of the characteristic
features of a Darwinian worldview, and the arguments of Wilson and
his chief critics are thoroughly examined.
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