Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521762786)

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.

Author: Steve Stewart-Williams
ISBN-10: 0521762782
ISBN-13: 9780521762786
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2010
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2011