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The book has two subjects, first the ethical theory of the economic order, and secondly the critique of sociobiology and its theory of evolution. The first part, the ethics of capitalism, analyzes the rise of capitalism and the business ethics and moral theory of a capitalist economic order in a perspective from philosophy and economics. The second part, a critique of sociobiology, gives a philosophical assessment of sociobiology's contribution to the theory of the economy and society and of its impact for metaphysics and a general world view. James M. Buchanan, Nobel prize winner in economics, discusses the first part of the book in his comment "The Morality of Capitalism". ... Read more

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The theory of evolution and Neo-Darwinian biological theory extend their analysis in sociobiology from the life sciences and the animal societies to human societies. Sociobiology as a unifying theory of the social interaction within and between species has led to an integration of economic analysis into biology. The economy of nature has become the subject of bioeconomics which in turn transferred biological analysis to the human economy. Evolution, competition, selection, and cooperation are phenomena common to the economy of nature and human economy. The inclusion of economic and cultural theory in evolution theory raises the question whether the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis with its exclusive concern with somatic heredity is able to incorporate developmental systems of the human economy and of cultural heredity. A new synthesis of the natural and the social sciences is in the making. ... Read more

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Timothy Leary thought we'd become "immortal" by now
Timothy Leary, who died back in 1996, wrote in this book published in 1977 that we would have attained "immortality" or "eternal life" through scientific means by now. He even speculates that we could have pulled this off by the 1980's if we had wished hard enough. What a pile of nonsense on stilts. ... Read more

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Is society a living organism that seeks deterministic objectives in its evolutionary process? What is the state of finality of this organism when it completes its journey? Is there a theory that expla ... Read more

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Title: Doing without Adam and Eve: Sociobiology and Original Sin.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Author: John R. Sachs
Publication: Theological Studies (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: Theological Studies, Inc.
Volume: 64Issue: 4Page: 888(1)

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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