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SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ITS THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Peacocke Arthur
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1984.tb00923.x
Subject(s) - sociobiology , reductionism , character (mathematics) , relation (database) , epistemology , value (mathematics) , sociology , biological anthropology , philosophy , psychology , environmental ethics , anthropology , mathematics , statistics , geometry , database , computer science
. The broad character of the arguments used by sociobiologists is assessed, particularly in relation to criticisms coming from anthropology. The implications of sociobiology for theology are developed with respect to the general impact of evolutionary ideas, the reductionist assumptions of sociobiologists, whether or not “survival” can be a value, and more holistic accounts of the physical and biological grounding of the mental and spiritual lives of human beings.