The Solitary Self : Darwin and the Selfish Gene.

By:

Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Heretics SerPublication details: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781317488248
1317488245

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Solitary Self : Darwin and the Selfish Gene.DDC classification:

171.9 22

LOC classification:

BJ1474

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Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism; 2. The background: egoism from Hobbes to R.D. Laing; 3. The natural springs of morality; 4. Coming to terms with reason; 5. Darwin's new broom; 6. The self's strange adventures; Conclusion: the wider perspective; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Annotation The first title to launch a new series of books, Heretics. Mary Midgley is the doyenne of British moral philosophers. The book is a formidable critique of the use of Darwins ideas in modern-day accounts of human motivation, most notably in the work of evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins.

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Annotation The first title to launch a new series of books, Heretics. Mary Midgley is the doyenne of British moral philosophers. The book is a formidable critique of the use of Darwins ideas in modern-day accounts of human motivation, most notably in the work of evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins.

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