Genes, genesis, and God
Subtitle: values and their origins in natural and human history
By: Holmes Rolston III.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Ethics, Evolutionary; Religion; Values
Description: Can the phenomena of religion and ethics be reduced to the phenomena of biology? Holmes Rolston says no, and in this sweeping account of the subject written with considerable verve and clarity he challenges the sociobiological orthodoxy that would naturalize science, ethics, and religion. This book argues the genetic processes are not blind, selfish, and contingent, and that nature is not value-free.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index.
"The Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, 1997-1998."