SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ITS THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS |
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| Authors: | Arthur Peacocke |
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| Institution: | Arthur Peacocke is dean of Clare College, Cambridge CBS 1TL, England, and from January 1985, director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, Saint Cross College, Oxford. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. 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. |
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