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13 A Cross-Section of Sin: The Mimetic Character of Human Nature in Biological and Theological Perspective
Preface
Introduction: Evolutionary Ethics and Christian Morality: Surveying the Issues
i. Evolutionary Ethics Past and Present
2. Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics: Between Patriotism and Sympathy
3. Explaining the Prosocial Side of Moral Communities
4. Hominid Failings: An Evolutionary Basis for Sin in Individuals and Corporations ioi
5. The Leverage of Language on Altruism and Morality
6. "You Have Heard ... but I Tell You ....": A Test of the Adaptive Significance of Moral Evolution
7. Evolution and Divine Revelation: Synergy, Not Conflict, in Understanding Morality
8. Darwinian and Teleological Explanations: Are They Incompatible?
9. Is There an Evolutionary Foundation for Human Morality?
1o. The Darwinian Moral Sense and Biblical Religion
11. Thomistic Natural Law and the Limits of Evolutionary Psychology
12. The Good Samaritan and His Genes
13. A Cross-Section of Sin: The Mimetic Character of Human Nature in Biological and Theological Pers
14. Falling Up: Evolution and Original Sin
15. Morals, Love, and Relations in Evolutionary Theory
16. Darwin's Problems, Neo-Darwinian Solutions, and Jesus' Love Commands
Conclusion: Biology and Purpose: Altruism, Morality, and Human Nature in Evolutionary Perspective
List of Contributors
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is to indicate that a particular outcome occurred because a certain goal was achieved by this mean
To be sure, many evolutionary biologists nowadays are much less shy about using the term "teleologic
There is, of course, much more to be said about both kinds of explanation.'
Ample reflection on the ladder case reveals another problem for how to think about causes - one that
4. Some of this variation is passed down by inheritance to future genera- tions.7
Our belief in morality is merely an adaptation put in place to further our reproductive ends. (Ruse
This statement, of course, is not yet a "serious EP explanation," in the sense defined above. After
The first theory suggests in what ways a particular type of morally condoned behavior - namely, al
in grave danger. There is currently a discussion going on about the question of whether explanations
In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins draws upon some neo-Darwinian research that calls altruistic be
If Ruse and Wilson are right about the illusion, then is it not the case that, to the degree that th
From Jesus' command to love the neighbor as oneself, we can infer that it is God's will that the sel
are to be both fulfilled and transformed in light of human intelligence" (Pope 1994,54) .4
The deception theory, which is fairly common among neo-Darwinians, really holds that there is double
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