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Genes, determinism and God
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ISBN: 9781107141148 1107141141 9781316506387 131650638X 9781316493366 1108515444 110850650X 1316493369 Year: 2017 Publisher: New York Cambridge University Press

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Over the past centuries the pendulum has constantly swung between an emphasis on the role of either nature or nurture in shaping human destiny, a pendulum often energised by ideological considerations. In recent decades the flourishing of developmental biology, genomics, epigenetics and our increased understanding of neuronal plasticity have all helped to subvert such dichotomous notions. Nevertheless, the media still report the discovery of a gene 'for' this or that behaviour, and the field of behavioural genetics continues to extend its reach into the social sciences, reporting the heritability of such human traits as religiosity and political affiliation. There are many continuing challenges to notions of human freedom and moral responsibility, with consequent implications for social flourishing, the legal system and religious beliefs. In this book, Denis Alexander critically examines these challenges, concluding that genuine free will, often influenced by genetic variation, emerges from an integrated view of human personhood derived from contemporary biology.


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Are we slaves to our genes?
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ISBN: 1108566529 110866444X 1316999092 1108426336 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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There is a common misconception that our genomes - all unique, except for those in identical twins - have the upper hand in controlling our destiny. The latest genetic discoveries, however, do not support that view. Although genetic variation does influence differences in various human behaviours to a greater or lesser degree, most of the time this does not undermine our genuine free will. Genetic determinism comes into play only in various medical conditions, notably some psychiatric syndromes. Denis Alexander here demonstrates that we are not slaves to our genes. He shows how a predisposition to behave in certain ways is influenced at a molecular level by particular genes. Yet a far greater influence on our behaviours is our world-views that lie beyond science - and that have an impact on how we think the latest genetic discoveries should, or should not, be applied. Written in an engaging style, Alexander's book offers tools for understanding and assessing the latest genetic discoveries critically.


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Beyond science
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ISBN: 0856480029 Year: 1972 Publisher: Berkhamsted Lion

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The Language of Genetics
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ISBN: 1283260662 9786613260666 1599473879 9781599473871 6613260665 9781283260664 9781599473437 1599473437 9780232528787 0232528780 Year: 2011 Publisher: West Conshohocken, PA

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Rebuilding the matrix : science and faith in the 21st century
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ISBN: 0745912443 Year: 2001 Publisher: Oxford Lion

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Are we slaves to our genes?
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ISBN: 9781108566520 9781108426336 9781108445054 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins
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ISBN: 9780226608419 9780226608402 0226608409 0226608417 Year: 2010 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago Press


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Onderzoek naar de funktie van de buikspieren : poging tot nagaan van de posturale, dynamische, respiratoire en expulsieve funkties van de abdominale muskulatuur
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Year: 1977 Publisher: s. n. Leuven s.n.

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