Can a darwinian be a christian? Sociobiological issues

Zygon

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-316

  Ruse, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Christian ethics; Darwinism; Edward O. Wilson; Metaethics; Morality; Selfish genes; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750263277     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00278     Document Type: Article

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