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A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings By Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings by Michael Ruse (Florida State University)


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Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this wide-ranging and fascinating book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy.

A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings Summary

A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings by Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we therefore have responsibility for making our own value judgements (including judgements about ourselves). Ruse provides a compelling analysis of these two rival views and the age-old conflict between them. In a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion, he draws on Darwinism and existentialism to argue that only the view that the world is a machine does justice to our humanity. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives.

About Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

Michael Ruse is the former Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. Over his fifty-year career he has authored and co-edited over sixty books on topics ranging from the history and philosophy of science, especially evolutionary biology, to the philosophy of religion. They include Can a Darwinian be a Christian? (Cambridge, 2004), The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet (2013), and A Meaning to Life (2019).

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The status of humans; 2. Mechanism versus organicism; 3. Darwinian evolution; 4. Mechanism and human nature; 5. Organicism and human nature; 6. The problem of progress; 7. Morality for the organicist; 8. Morality for the mechanist; Epilogue.

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GOR011900373
9781108820431
1108820433
A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings by Michael Ruse (Florida State University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2021-05-20
222
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