William Hurlbut is a physician and professor of human biology at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., whose training in medical ethics and theology informs his work on the biological basis of moral awareness, and the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. He edited Becoming Human: Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious and Moral Awareness. His chapter, “Empathy, Evolution and Altruism,” appears in the book he co-edited, Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue (Oxford University Press, 2002).
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