Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

_{Science & Culture
March 3, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

2}

It’s not possible to understand current controversies about physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, eugenics, and related subjects without appreciating the long history behind these ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwinian theory, eugenics, Francis Galton, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Racism, Richard Weikart, United Kingdom, University College London}

Eugenics Isn’t Ancient History

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 23, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

The London Student reports on a disturbing event hosted, since 2014, on the University College London campus. Read More ›

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Date
February 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian medicine, eugenics, John West, Jonathan Wells, Karl Pearson, Louis Pasteur, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, microbes, Nazism, public health, The Edge of Evolution, Zombie Science (book)}

Irreconcilable Differences: Can Darwinism Be Pasteurized?

_{Science & Culture
February 20, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

10}

An advocate for Darwinian medicine wants to bring two historical opponents in the design debate, Pasteur and Darwin, into a peace treaty for the good of public health. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, China, eugenics, history, ID the Future, Nazi Germany, podcast, Research, Todd Butterfield, Wesley Smith}

China Shows Eugenics Is Not a Thing of the Past

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

As a tyranny, China is a Wild West of sorts for unethical science, with the government and its researchers answering to no one. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 10, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, Center for Science and Culture, coercion, education, eugenics, forced sterilization, girls, Jordan, nuclear weapons, science, UNESCO, United Nations, Wesley J. Smith, women}

Celebrate Science? Of Course, But…

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 10, 2017

Bioethics, Science, Science Education

3}

Today is the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Science Day for Peace and Development. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 29, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, __video-unavailable, abortion, anti-humanism, Congress, Down syndrome, eugenics, Iceland, infanticide, life, love, Peter Singer, pogrom, pregnancy}

Facing Down Eugenicists, Man with Down Syndrome Justifies His Own Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 29, 2017

Bioethics, Genetics, Medicine

2}

Imagine feeling the need to justify your existence before a Congressional subcommittee. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Adolf Hitler, alt-right, anti-Semitism, apes, Charles Darwin, eugenics, evolution, John West, Margaret Sanger, Medieval Europe, Middle Ages, neo-Nazis, npr, Richard Weikart, The Descent of Man}

Alt-Right’s Interest in Evolution Makes Sense. An Obsession with Taylor Swift? Much Less So

_{David Klinghoffer
September 15, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

I heard a promotion on our local NPR station for a report about the alt-right and their dual infatuation with Medieval Europe and pop star Taylor Swift. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, David Berlinski, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, Galápagos finches, history, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, On the Origin of Species, Stephen Meyer, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Nagel, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe}

A.N. Wilson in The Times – Against Darwinist Absolutism

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2017

Evolution, Science Reporting

6}

Wilson's forthcoming biography appears to be part of a larger rethink of evolution that is bubbling away in a variety of areas. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, “consensus science”, anniversary, Center for Science and Culture, eugenics, history, Holocaust, ID the Future, Indiana, John West, mental illness, Nazi Germany, scientism, scientists}

Recalling the First Eugenics Law, John West Reviews the Tragic History of a Pseudoscience

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

2}

Indiana opened a door to similar legislation across the United States, culminating in the horrors of Nazi Germany. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, A. N. Wilson, biography, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, David Klinghoffer, eugenics, evolution, Georges Cuvier, John West, Jonathan Wells, Lamarckian theory, New Scientist, Stephen Meyer}

Early Review of A.N. Wilson’s Anti-Darwin Biography Could Have Been Predicted

_{Science & Culture
August 24, 2017

Evolution

5}

We haven’t yet seen a copy of A.N. Wilson’s forthcoming anti-Darwin book, which isn’t out in the United States until December 12. Read More ›