Mary Midgley Quote

Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological.


Gene-juggling, Philosophy, Volume 54, Number 210, 1979 (p. 439)


Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological.

Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological.

Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological.

Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological.