Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation : human nature and the limits of evolutionary explanation

In this challenging new work Anthony O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behaviour in terms of evolution. He argues that evolutionary theory, successful as it is in explaining the development of living things, cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as self-consciousness, the quest for knowledge, moral sense, and the appreciation of beauty. In these, he declares, we transcend our biological origins.