This true story takes place in the 1950s and is set in England, the Middle East and Africa. It tells of a young man undertaking National Service and his slow realization that he is homosexual.At university, where he is training for the priesthood, he battles with moral, spiritual and intellectual problems. He finds peace eventually only to be faced with tragedy.

How Biology Shapes Philosophy is a seminal contribution to the emerging field of biophilosophy. It brings together work by philosophers who draw on biology to address traditional and not so traditional philosophical questions and concerns. Thirteen essays by leading figures in the field explore the biological dimensions of ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, gender, semantics, rationality, representation, and consciousness, as well as the misappropriation of biology by philosophers, allowing the reader to critically interrogate the relevance of biology for philosophy. Both rigorous and...