eBooks - Science & Technology - Biology & Nature - Thomas H. Huxley - Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays
Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays eBooks
by Thomas H. Huxley
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Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays Summary
| In Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays Huxley seeks to define the terms we use to explain our ever-changing world. He explains that the vagueness of such a phrase as “survival of the fittest” has stirred up controversy by not only setting scientific theories but also implying an ethical belief system. He writes, “'Fittest' has a connotation of 'best': and about 'best' there hangs a moral flavour.” Through this collection of essays Huxley expands upon his book Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature, also available in eBook format, and confronts the dichotomy between our sophisticated, learned thought processes and our instinctual reactions. |
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| And if natural selection, with artificial to help it, will produce better animals and better men than the present, and fit them better to the conditions of existence, why, let it work, say we, to the top of its bent There is still room enough for improvement. Only let us hope that it always works for good: if not, the divergent lines on Darwin's lithographic diagram of "Transmutation made Easy," ominously show what small deviations from the straight path may come to in the end. |
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