Why Genes Are Not Selfish and People Are Nice: A Challenge to the Dangerous Ideas That Dominate Our Lives

by Colin Tudge

The modern world is dominated by ideas that are threatening to kill us: that life is one long battle from conception to grave; that all creatures, including human beings, are driven by their selfish DNA; that the universe is just stuff, for us to use at will.

These ideas are seen as emerging from science and hard-nosed philosophy, and become self-fulfilling. They have led us to create a world in perpetual strife, that is unjust and in many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086315963X
• ISBN13: 9780863159633
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"