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.