Genes, Genesis, and God

Holmes Rolston challenges the sociobiological orthodoxy that would naturalize science, ethics, and religion. The book argues that genetic processes are not blind, selfish, and contingent, and that nature is therefore not value-free. The author examines the emergence of complex biodiversity through evolutionary history. Especially remarkable in this narrative is the genesis of human beings with their capacities for science, ethics, and religion. A major conceptual task of the book is to relate cultural genesis to natural genesis. There is also a general account of how values are created and transmitted in both natural and human cultural history. The book is thoroughly up-to-date on current biological thought and is written by one of the most well-respected figures in the philosophy of biology and religion.

ISBN 052164674X   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780521646741 (What's this?)   Pages 420 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 610 Format Paperback   Published in Cambridge Publication date 13 Feb 1999   Height (mm) 228 Non-book description xvi, 400 p. :   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress BJ1311 .R65 1999   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY 570.1   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, General, Tertiary education

		Preface
Ch. 1		Genetic Values: Diversity and Complexity in Natural History		1
Ch. 2		Genetic Identity: Conserved and Integrated Values		54
Ch. 3		Culture: Genes and the Genesis of Human Culture		108
Ch. 4		Science: Naturalized, Socialized, Evaluated		160
Ch. 5		Ethics: Naturalized, Socialized, Evaluated		212
Ch. 6		Religion: Naturalized, Socialized, Evaluated		292
		References		371
		Index		387

'This book ... is a full and fair natural theological attempt to understand modern biology and its relevance for social, ethical and religious thought.' The Philosophical Quarterly

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