Genes, determinism, and God / Denis Alexander.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c2017Description: viii, 385 pages : 23 cm illustrationsISBN: - 9781107141148 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781316506387 (paperback : alk. paper)
- 572.8/6 23
- QH447 .A449 2017
- QU 450
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"Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human personhood fragmented : nature-nurture discourse from antiquity to Galton -- Reifying the fragments : nature-nurture discourse from Galton to the twenty-first century -- The impact of the new genetics : how contemporary biology is changing the landscape of ideas -- Reshaping the matrix : integrating the human in contemporary biology -- Is the worm determined : gene variation and behaviour in animals -- Prisoners of the genes : understanding quantitative behavioural genetics -- Behavioural molecules : understanding molecular behavioural genetics -- Mensa, mediocrity or meritocracy : the genetics of intelligence, religion, and politics -- Gay genes : genetics and sexual orientation -- Not may fault : the use of genetics in the legal system -- Causality, emergence, and freedom : tackling some tough philosophical questions -- Made in the image of God : a conversation between genetics and theology.