Darwin, God and the meaning of life: how evolutionary theory undermines everything you thought you knew
If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has...
| Subtitles: | Darwin, God & the Meaning of Life |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2010.
|
| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
/ Existence of God
/ Theory of evolution
B Ethics / Foundations of |
| Further subjects: | B
Evolution (Biology) ; Moral and ethical aspects
B Evolution (Biology) Moral and ethical aspects B Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects B Evolution (Biology) ; Philosophy B Evolution (Biology) Philosophy B Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects B Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 B Evolution (Biology) ; Religious aspects |
| Online Access: |
Table of Contents Blurb Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521762786 |
| Summary: | If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view. Darwin and the big questions -- Darwin gets religion. Clash of the Titans -- Design after Darwin -- Darwin's god -- God as gap filler -- Darwin and the problem of evil -- Wrapping up religion -- Life after Darwin. Human beings and their place in the universe -- The status of human beings among the animals -- Meaning of life, RIP? -- Morality stripped of superstition. Evolving good -- Remaking morality -- Uprooting the doctrine of human dignity -- Evolution and the death of right and wrong |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511778821 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778827 |