William Wilberforce Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date March 22, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsCultureEvolution Tagged , abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, American Revolution, American South, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinian evolution, Harriet Martineau, historiography, James Moore, Journal of Researches, racists, Sacred Cause (series), scholarship, science fiction, slavery, University of Chicago Press A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce Robert Shedinger March 22, 2023 Bioethics, Culture, Evolution 7 Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›
Lake District Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 5, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , Alexander Pope, bestseller, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Harriet Martineau, John Stuart Mill, Lake District, nature, poets, tourists, transcendence, Victorian England, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series) Wordsworth: The Sage of the Lakes Neil Thomas November 5, 2022 Bioethics, Faith & Science 3 Wordsworth gave rise not just to a minority group of high-culture admirers but to a popular revolution in ordinary people’s thinking. Read More ›
Darwin Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date July 12, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Abraham Lincoln, Adrian Desmond, Africa, Allison Hopper, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Edinburgh, Emma Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Harriet Martineau, human origins, James Moore, Racism, slavery, slaves, The Descent of Man, Victorian England The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin Robert Shedinger July 12, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 5 It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Read More ›
Universal-Darwinism 2 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date November 24, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Darwin on Trial, David Klinghoffer, David Quammen, Edinburgh, evolution, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harriet Martineau, John Murray, materialists, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, rhetoric, The Descent of Man, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, transmutation Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later Michael Flannery November 24, 2019 Evolution 6 Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher. Read More ›
