Michael Ruse
Michael Ruse
Michael Ruse, FRSCis a philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse currently teaches at Florida State University. He was born in England, attending Bootham School, York. He took his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol, his master's degree at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol...
thinking hands feet
Morality is a biological adaptation no less than are hands and feet and teeth . . . Considered as a rationally justifiable set of claims about an objective something, [ethics] is illusory. I appreciate that when somebody says, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' they think they are referring above and beyond themselves . . . Nevertheless, . . . such reference is truly without foundation. Morality is just an aid to survival and reproduction, and any deeper meaning is illusory . . .
today creation-science evolution
Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.