Darwinian Fairytales (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

Arguing that the evolutionist's view of human life, in particular, is as much an offence to logic as it is to common decency, this study attacks Darwin's theory since it arguably postulated a relentless struggle for life in all species. Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 Essay I Darwinism's Dilemma......Page 9 Essay II Where Darwin First Went Wrong About Man......Page 21 Essay III 'But What About War, Pestilence, and All That?' ......Page 39 Essay IV Population, Privilege, and Malthus' Retreat......Page 47 Essay V A Horse in the Bathroom or The Struggle for Life......Page 61 Essay VI Tax and the Selfish Girl or Does 'Altruism' Need Inverted Commas?......Page 87 Essay VII Genetic Calvinism or Demons and Dawkins......Page 126 Essay VIII 'He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother' or Altruism and Shared Genes......Page 145 Essay IX A New Religion......Page 179 Essay X Paley's Revenge or Purpose Regained......Page 186 Essay XI Errors of Heredity or The Irrelevance of Darwinism to Human Life......Page 220 Ashgate Publishing Company Contents 5 Acknowledgements 6 Preface 7 Essay I Darwinism's Dilemma 9 Essay II Where Darwin First Went Wrong About Man 21 Essay III 'But What About War, Pestilence, and All That?' 39 Essay IV Population, Privilege, and Malthus' Retreat 47 Essay V A Horse in the Bathroom or The Struggle for Life 61 Essay VI Tax and the Selfish Girl or Does 'Altruism' Need Inverted Commas? 87 Essay VII Genetic Calvinism or Demons and Dawkins 126 Essay VIII 'He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother' or Altruism and Shared Genes 145 Essay IX A New Religion 179 Essay X Paley's Revenge or Purpose Regained 186 Essay XI Errors of Heredity or The Irrelevance of Darwinism to Human Life 220 ISBN-13:,9781859723067 ISBN-13: 9781859723067 A series of essays taking an anti-Darwinian, though not creationist, stance