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Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Fall-Winter 2006)
pp. 79-93

Bioethics: Evolution as a Principle of Nature
Herbert F. Mataré
Malibu, California


A distinguished physicist reflects on the history of human ethics with specific reference to contemporary "genethics" and concludes that any ethical system can only be meaningful when rooted in the evolutionary imperative of genetocentric survival.