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| View Larger Image | Evolution and the Big Questions: Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters
by David N. Stamos
| | List Price: | $34.95 | | Price: | $30.78 | | You Save: | $4.17 (12%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks | | | | | Sales Rank: | 873981 | | Studio: | Wiley-Blackwell | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 288 | | Publication Date: | February 15, 2008 | | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
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Product Description
This provocative text considers whether evolutionary explanations can be used to clarify some of life’s biggest questions.
- Examines topics of race, sex, gender, the nature of language, religion, ethics, knowledge, consciousness and ultimately, the meaning of life
- Each chapter presents a main topic, together with discussion of related ideas and arguments from various perspectives
- Addresses questions such as: Did evolution make men and women fundamentally different? Is the concept of race merely a social construction? Is morality, including universal human rights, a mass delusion? Can religion and evolution really be harmonized? Does evolution render life meaningless?
- Written in a clear and informative style, with helpful references for further reading and research
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)
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Provoking yet thoughtful and balanced on important topics 
Philosopher of science David N. Stamos has written an important book. While I did find some of the chapters to be slightly less stimulating than what I hoped for (hence only 4 stars), I found the introductory chapter as well as those on feminism and race to be extremely interesting. Those chapters alone should cause this book to be considered mandatory reading for anyone interested in - well - the big questions. The chapter on sex is not bad either, by the way. Professor Michael Ruse sums it up very well on the back cover: "The book is written in a clear and friendly manner and deserves a very wide readership".
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