The Moral Compass - a Personal Search for Meaning

The Moral Compass - a Personal Search for Meaning is at the same time a compendium of twentieth century science, a scientific analysis of the evolution of human ethics and morality, and a sociology of organised religion. The book ranges from cosmogony and cosmology to Darwinian sociology and psychology, and its startling conclusion is that for all their historical and cultural importance, organised religions are the new kid on the block because the basic principles of ethics and morality had already become successful evolutionary memes long before Adam appeared on the scene.