Alexander, Denis creator author. text bibliography nyu New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press c2017 2017 monographic eng

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viii, 385 pages : 23 cm illustrations 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. Denis Alexander. "Amplified version of the Gifford lectures given at the University of St. Andrews in December 2012"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index. Genetic Determinism Genetic Variation Religious Philosophies QH447 .A449 2017 572.8/6 QU 450 9781107141148 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781316506387 (paperback : alk. paper) 2017004969 DNLM/DLC 170202 20190524130152.0 19481005