Evolution and ethics
By: by Sir Arthur Keith, with a preface by Earnest A. Hooton.
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Evolution
Notes: Bibliographical foot-notes.
"Published in England [1946] under the title Essays on human evolution."
Table of contents: title: Introductory; title: Evolution and ethics; title: The behavior of Germany considered from an evolutionary point of view in 1942; title: Human life: its purpose or ultimate end; title: Life: its ultimate purpose; title: Life's purpose as seen by the evolutionist; title: Virtue and vice as factors in evolution; title: National independence and individual liberty: their place in the scheme of human evolution; title: Desire for individual liberty and its evolutionary implications; title: Is man a domesticated animal?; title: Slavery: an evolutionary crime; title: Universalism: a world brotherhood; title: Universalism in theory and in practice; title: Criticisms of universalism; title: Can Christianity be harmonized with evolution?; title: Christian ethics versus evolution; title: Christianity versus evolution; title: Civilization: its dawn and progress; title: The rise of civilization in England; title: The influence of civilization on man's evolution; title: Civilization seeks to suppress the evolution elements of man's mentality; title: Civilization and human evolution aim at divergent goals; title: Evolution: an interpolation; title: Can war be regarded as an ethical process?; title: The importance of realizing that the behaviors of the natural man is regulated by a double code of morals; title: The interrelationship between war and civilization; title: The civilized mind seeks to eliminate warlike qualities; title: How war came to be accepted by Christianity; title: How the author came to link war to evolution; title: War, evolution, and race; title: Man's enmity complex and its role in his evolution; title: The evolution of patriotism and of war; title: War as practiced by tribal groups of primitive humanity; title: The coming of fierce war and its effects on human evolution; title: War is a manifestation of a hidden and unrecognized force; title: Concerning Pacific peoples; title: THe conditions which have made for peace in China and India; title: The pros and cons of war; title: The pros and cons of peace; title: An evolutionary interpretation of the Second World War.