Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Thought You Knew

If you accept the theory of evolution, can you continue to believe in God? Are human beings a superior race or have we overvalued human life and undervalued the lives of other animals? Does evolution imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong or imply that, in the end, nothing is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by Darwin's theory. Uniting philosophy and evolutionary psychology in a way that will open up debate between the two disciplines, he argues that although evolution may support a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, we can still live a good and happy life even within these confines.