No Fear Have Ye of Evolutionary Morality?

The implications of evolutionary theory for ideas of moral conduct make Darwinians increasingly nervous, and for good reason. Just this week we've had Michael Ruse writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the subject and now, in a similar apologetic mode, Jerry Coyne in USA Today. I wonder if one occasion for the heightened anxiety is the Norway tragedy, which John West wrote about here and Robert Spencer was kind enough to invite me to do so at Jihad Watch.

Jerry Coyne, of Why ...