Moral Darwinism
Subtitle: How We Became Hedonists
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780830826667
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Hedonism; Darwin, Charles,; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religious aspects; Religion; Philosophy; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Theology - General; 1809-1882; Christianity; Epicureans (Greek philosophy); Ethics, Evolutionary
First sentence: One definition of Epicurean is "a person fond of luxury and sensuous pleasure."
Description: The point of this study is the connection of Epicurus' arguments to contemporary scientific and moral debates and the ensuing culture war. It exposes the ancient philosophical roots of what is usually presented as 'modern science' and shows how America's moral decline is a product of the Darwinian worldview, itself a revival of ancient materialist philosophy.