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...same problems plague both hypotheses. And both authors deal with them in the same way. For instance, if men are supposed (by nature) to compete with each other with the best man winning out, as an individualistic natural selection model dictates, then both Spencer and Wilson must find ways to explain why some humans are inclined to altruistic acts that appear to be entirely selfless. Wilson and Spencer provide elaborate scientific justifications for these acts of human kindness. Spencer launches into a lengthy passage in "The Date of Ethics" showing, through a network of cost benefits, how an individual betters...
...WILSON has been on the defensive lately. Just the other da when I called him to ask about his "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis" he didn't seem to want to talk--until I mentioned that I meant to draw some similarities between his work and Herbert Spencer's turn-of-the-century synthesis of sociology and biology. He told me to come over as soon as I could. And by the time I had arrived at his fourth floor office in the new wing of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, he had already "jotted down a few notes" to counter...
...start I told him that the book seems to me to be a sophisticated update of Herbert Spencer's antiquated Synthetic Philosophy, published in six volumes between 1862 and 1893. Both Spencer and Wilson combine the study of social structures and existing evolutionary theory on their syntheses. Spencer and Wilson support a biological explanation of individualistic natural selection for some elements of human behavior. Spencer contends in his writings that intelligence, aggression, revenge, justice, generosity, humanity, veracity, obedience, industry, temperance, altruism and a host of other characteristics can be inherited. Wilson has in his own synthesis identified certain peculiar characteristics...
...every Mormon comes to Harvard and jumps into the full commitment that some Mormons here have made to the church. Some men, for example, decide against leaving on missions, although the present prophet and president of the Mormon church, octogenarian Spencer W. Kimball (Mormons say he is young for his job), declared recently that it is every Mormon man's duty to go on a mission. Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, vice president for alumni affairs and development and current president of the university branch, never went on a mission. Two active Mormon seniors, Muliufi Hanneman and J. Arthur Jensen...
...three principals seem to realize their importance in maintaining the proper chemical balance. Liza Minnelli is better than she has ever been, sweet and raffish, while Burt Reynolds cuts up with infectious bemusement. Much of the heavy acting falls to Gene Hackman-just as it did to Spencer Tracy-and he performs with subdued authority. If the stars seem sometimes to be off on different courses, playing out their own roles instead of playing to each other, this is one of the hazards of all-star Hollywood entertainment...