Evolution and the big questions : sex, race, religion, and other matters / David N. Stamos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stamos, David N., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution.

Physical Description:

vii, 275 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Summary:

This provocative text considers whether evolutionary explanations can be used to clarify some of life's biggest questions. It offers a lively, informative, and timely look at a wide variety of key issues facing all of us today-including questions of race, sex, gender, the nature of language, religion, ethics, knowledge, consciousness, and, ultimately, the meaning of life.

Some of the questions examined are: Did evolution make men and women fundamentally different? Is the concept of race merely a social construction? Is morality, including universal human rights, a mass delusion? Can religion and evolution really be harmonized? Does evolution render life meaningless? Designed for students and anyone with an interest in the relationship between evolutionary heritage and human nature, the text takes an interdisciplinary approach and offers direction for further reading and research. Each chapter presents a main topic, together with discussion of related ideas and arguments from various perspectives. Along the way, it poses life's biggest questions, pulling no punches, and presenting a challenge to thinkers on all levels.

Contents:

Evolution and knowledge

Evolution and consciousness

Evolution and language

Evolution and sex

Evolution and feminism

Evolution and race

Evolution and ethics

Evolution and religion

Evolution and the meaning of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9781405149020

1405149027

9781405149037

1405149035

OCLC:

145146513

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