Summary of Robert Wright's The Moral Animal
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The Victorian era was a time of sexual repression, as Victorian physicians warned against the dangers of sexual indulgence for boys. However, this outlook also spread beyond the walls of the Methodist churches into the homes of Anglicans, Unitarians, and even agnostics.
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Charles Darwin was originally going to be a doctor, but he became interested in zoology instead. His father, however, wanted him to join the clergy.
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The idea of natural selection, while indeed sweeping in significance, is not really massive in structure. It is a small and simple theory. It doesn’t take a huge intellect to conceive it.
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The process of natural selection is what makes us what we are today. It is the process of choosing the fittest members of a species, and destroying the less-fit ones.
