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In a compelling read for anyone interested in where we came from and where we're going, Everybody's Story offers an exhilarating tour of natural history that illuminates the evolution of matter, life, and consciousness. As old myths, religious stories, and other shared narratives of humankind are increasingly viewed as intellectually implausible and morally irrelevant, they become less likely to fulfill their original purpose--to give people answers and provide a sense of stability and peace in daily life. Loyal Rue restores that imbalance with a new story based on fact. Rue, author of a New York Times Notable Book of 1994, By the Grace of Guile: The Role of Deception in Natural History in Human Affairs, now provides an evolutionary tour recounting our shared "epic of evolution."
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In this little book with lofty aspirations, as Rue (religion and philosophy, Luther College) notes, he proposes a story to answer the quest for an epic that would unite humanity spiritually. He wants to inspire global unity and cooperation, avoiding the conflicts aroused by varying stories in different cultures. He seeks something universal, satisfying, and true, one shared narrative that would give people a framework of meaning in their lives. Hence he looks to natural history and finds "everybody's story" in the epic of evolution. By integrating evolutionary cosmology with ecocentric morality, Rue hopes to bind humanity into a global culture. He argues that we should embrace viability as the universal value--a "nonnegotiable part of everybody's story." Such a transformation of consciousness should lead us to live in harmony with our environment. This is a clear, lively, informed overview of the big questions about human life, with forcefully argued resolutions. Appropriate for all readership levels. H. C. Byerly; emeritus, University of Arizona
目录
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Part I How Things Are | p. 45 |
1. The Organization of Matter | p. 53 |
2. The Organization of Life | p. 65 |
3. The Organization of Consciousness | p. 81 |
Part II Which Things Matter | p. 97 |
4. What Matters Ultimately? | p. 99 |
5. What Matters Proximately? | p. 109 |
Epilogue | p. 129 |
Bibliographical Notes | p. 139 |
Index | p. 143 |