tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post981745707500917548..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Postscript (in praise of S.T. Joshi)Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-73458085410780849672007-07-26T17:13:00.000-04:002007-07-26T17:13:00.000-04:00Richard Dawkins has just published a book called "...Richard Dawkins has just published a book called "The God Delusion." That book sets forth Dawkins's case against religion in explicitly biological/biochemical terms, and I'd characterize it as very much of a piece with his "The Selfish Gene." So Dawkins might not like the word "reductionism," but I think he'd have to cop to the rest of it.David S. Blochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443595702430137816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-78350226705418652952007-07-26T00:02:00.000-04:002007-07-26T00:02:00.000-04:00"Selfish Gene-style evolutionary reductionism" has..."Selfish Gene-style evolutionary reductionism" has never been used as a grounding for atheism. Natural Law? Possibly. Atheism? No. The Selfish Gene was about behavior and biology, religion is not excluded or forbidden by our biology for obvious reasons. <BR/><BR/>There is nothing inconsistent about "human insignificance" and left-of-center political beliefs. The Selfish Gene affirmed my left-of-center beliefs, but that's just because some of the scientific arguments made the case for altruism. It could just as easily affirm a theist or right-of-center POV too, as long as you agreed with the science. I thought every conservative was a compassionate conservative, or was I wrong there?Devanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039407801743458960noreply@blogger.com