{"product_id":"the-solitary-self-darwin-and-the-selfish-gene","title":"The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple  one-sided accounts of human motives  such as the selfish gene tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought  may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness  she shows  cannot be imposed on human psychology. She returns to Darwins original writings to show how the reductive individualism which is now presented as Darwinism does not derive from Darwin but from a wider  Hobbesian tradition in Enlightenment thinking. She reveals the selfish gene hypothesis as a cultural accretion that is just not seen in nature. Heroic independence is not a realistic aim for Homo sapiens. We are  as Darwin saw  earthly organisms  framed to interact constantly with one another and with the complex ecosystems of which we are a tiny part. For us  bonds are not just restraints but also lifelines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946965332021,"sku":"ByrdShop_184465253X","price":34.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781844652532.jpg?v=1769974983","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-solitary-self-darwin-and-the-selfish-gene","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}