Charles Darwin Type post Author Michael Flannery Date January 12, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionScience Tagged , Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Benjamin Wiker, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harry Bruinius, Heidelberg University, history, Hitler’s Ethic, Jacques Barzun, James Moore, Janet Browne, Joseph Stalin, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Racism, Richard Weikart, Slate, Social Darwinism, Stanley Jaki, The Descent of Man, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Thomas Malthus, United States, Victorian England Remembering Paul Johnson’s Assessment of Darwin Michael Flannery January 12, 2023 Evolution, Science 10 The reviewers that insist this work is “ludicrous,” a “smear,” or a “hatchet job” are wrong; it is none of these. Read More ›
Spine_of_Darwin's_'The_Descent_of_Man'_Wellcome_L0051102 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 13, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyEvolution Tagged , Africa, anthropologists, Ashley Montagu, Augustin Fuentes, Charles Loring Brace, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, The Natural Superiority of Women, Thomas Henry Huxley, women Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man Michael Flannery July 13, 2021 Bioethics, Biology, Evolution 4 On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›
Spine_of_Darwin's_'The_Descent_of_Man'_Wellcome_L0051102 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 24, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , Africa, anthropologists, Ashley Montagu, Augustin Fuentes, Charles Loring Brace, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, The Natural Superiority of Women, Thomas Henry Huxley, women Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man Michael Flannery May 24, 2021 Biology, Evolution 3 On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & ScienceSociology Tagged , __tedited, atheism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, human exceptionalism, human life, Paul Johnson, Peter Singer, purpose, Richard Weikart, secular culture, self-awareness, Social Darwinism, Susan Blackmore Debating Weikart, Peter Singer and Susan Blackmore Omit Atheism’s Glaring Contradictions Michael Flannery May 12, 2016 Bioethics, Faith & Science, Sociology 2 I find troubling Singer's barometer of human worth -- tied to self-awareness -- leading as it does to dangerous nonsense. Read More ›
