The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology - Hardcover

Howard L. Kaye

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9780300034974: The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology

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ISBN 10: 0300034970 ISBN 13: 9780300034974

Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1986

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Sm Quarto, PP.184, A Characterization Of The Dangers And Appeals Of Sociobiolgy

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Howard L. Kaye is professor of sociology at Franklin and Marshall College. His writings have appeared in various publications, including Wilson Quarterly, Sociological Theory, and Theory, Culture and Society.

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We human beings know that like other species we have evolved through a process of natural selection. Since Darwin scientists and philosophers have questioned how this self-knowledge affects us, utilizing the findings of biology as a moral paradigm for human behavior. Kaye demonstrates that in the interpretation of evolutionary biology cultural and ethical considerations have traditionally taken precedence over economic ones but that since the 1960s scientists have abandoned their predecessors' reluctance to explain human behavior and social organization merely in biological terms. The result, says Kaye, is that contemporary biophilosophers have gone too far in their dehumanized and reductionist view of human destiny as guided by genetic inheritance. Appropriate for most academic libraries. Robert Paustian, Wilkes Coll. Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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