Textbook

Evolution and the Big Questions: Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters

ISBN: 978-1-4051-4903-7

Paperback

288 pages

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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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