 | Fong credits the Christian tradition, specifically Augustine, for his
observation of human sin. The latter becomes Kant's "root of radical
evil," and Marx's "contradiction." Collectively, since we are
a civilization directed to survival, we are selfish and cruel. Only by
recognizing it, can civilization go on to "liberate man from the
cruelty of the law of the jungle." Civilization, defines Fong, is the
pursuit of survival without the cruelty. Peter Fong's book bears the
powerful message of combating evil with good, vice with virtue, and sin with
salvation. There is no one else on the scientific scene today who gives
classic moral categories meaning.
Paul G. Kuntz
Professor of Philosophy
Emory University
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| For several decades a number of courageous thinkers from physical and
biological sciences have undertaken a most difficult and important task: to
apply insights from the natural sciences to the understudying of the most
complex of the known systems: human beings and their social systems. Dr.
Peter Fong has joined their ranks in the publication of this remarkable
book. This work is concerned with the origin, nature and evolution of
society, government and morals in the light of a general evolution theory,
and system theory concepts such as information. It does not draw on the
natural sciences alone but also on religion, literature and other sources of
ancient and contemporary wisdom. One of the rewards of reading this book is
the contact it provides with a fertile, stimulation and deeply moral mind.
The book may later become a part of the world's wisdom literature. |
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INTRODUCTION - Page 1
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THE BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF HUMAN - Page 9
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BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; THE IMPACT OF THE ICE AGES - Page 9
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN - Page 16
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THE SOCIAL EVOLUTION OF HUMAN - Page 19
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THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT - Page 19
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THE INTRINSIC CONFLICT; THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS - Page 25
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3.3
THE ORIGIN OF MORALITY - Page 28
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3.4
THE CRISIS OF FREE WILL - Page 39
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3.5
CASE STUDY OF SYSTEMS I: CATHOLICISM - Page 42
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CASE STUDY OF SYSTEM II: MARXISM - Page 45
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CASE STUDY OF SYSTEM III: CONFUCIANISM - Page 47
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UNIFICATION OF SCIENCE & RELIGION; MEANING OF LIFE - Page 51
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CASE STUDY OF ISSUES I: THE VIABILITY OF MONOGAMY - Page 56
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CASE STUDY OF ISSUES II: SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS FOR MEAT- Page 64
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SCHOOL PRAYER, ABORTION, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
SOCIAL WELFARE, ETC. - Page 67
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THE CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF HUMAN - Page 75
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FROM PICTORIAL LANGUAGE TO PHONETIC LANGUAGE - Page 77
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FROM EMPIRICAL SCIENCES TO NEWTONIAN SCIENCE - Page 80
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4.3
FROM COMMODITY MONEY TO FIAT MONEY - Page 82
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FROM DESPOTIC TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT - Page 83
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FROM PAROCHIAL RELIGION TO ECUMENICAL RELIGION - Page 87
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LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY, JUSTICE, TRUTH, VIRTUE, BEAUTY- Page 89
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MUSIC; WHITHER MODERN MUSIC - Page 97
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MACROHISTORY - Page 107
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PHILOSOPHY VERSUS HISTORY; LIBERAL EDUCATION - Page 107
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THE NOMADIC AND THE SEDENTARY - Page 111
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TRANSITORY SYSTEMS; STATECRAFT - Page 114
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MORE ON NUCLEAR ARMS RACE - Page 120
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CASE STUDY I: THE GOVERNMENT OF GOVERNMENTS - Page 132
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CASE STUDY II: THE THREE LIVES OF CAPITALISM - Page 136
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FUTURE OF HUMANITY: ECONOMIC REVIVAL-THE 4TH LIFE
OF CAPITALISM - Page 147
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5.8
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY: WORLD PEACE - Page 156
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5.9
SAMPLE PROBLEM I: THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS - Page 163
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SAMPLE PROBLEM II: THE CASE OF UNIFICATION OF CHINA - Page 165
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MATTER, MIND, AND MAGIC - Page 169
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MATTER AND MIND: THE ORIGIN OF HARMONY IN MUSIC - Page 169
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6.2
THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE - Page 173
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THE MYSTERY AND PROMISE OF ACUPUNCTURE - Page 187
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SUPER-HUMAN STRENGTH - Page 189
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THE MIRACLE OF FIRE WALKING:
THE SCIENCE OF MIND-BODY INTERACTION - Page 192 |
