Tag: Richard Weikart

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, Scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba}

The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

_{Amanda Witt
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, American Renaissance, anti-Semitism, atheists, Ben Shapiro, California, Candace Owens, Christianity, Confederacy, conservatives, Darwinian racism, faith and science, Heritage Foundation, Human Zoos, J. D. Vance, John West, Nazis, New York Post, Nick Fuentes, phenotype, Psalms, Race Realism, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Tucker Carlson, Turning Point USA, Twitter}

Tucker Carlson and the Second Coming of the Alt-Right

_{David Klinghoffer
November 4, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The Alt-Right did more plundering of pseudo-science, while the Woke Right plunders Christianity while pretending to revere it. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, history of science, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, intelligent design, James Moore, Michael Keas, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, truth}

Darwin’s Sacred Fiction

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 12, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Eric Anderson, euthanasia, hospice, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, palliative care, physician-assisted suicide, physicians, podcasts, Richard Weikart, Unnatural Death}

A Physician’s Sacred Duty — To Care or to Kill?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

As a hospice and palliative care physician for over twenty years, Dr. Howard Glicksman regularly cares for terminally ill patients. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, California State University Stanislaus, Canada, Center on Human Exceptionalism, culture of death, Darwinism, eugenics, euthanasia, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion, Netherlands, Richard Weikart, Stony Brook University, Switzerland, The Death of Humanity, United States, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

Weikart: The Dark History of Medicalized Killing

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

"Richard Weikart’s superb new book is a vitally important reply to the organized disposal of unwanted people." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, ancient Greece, animals, assisted suicide, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, euthanasia, healing, human life, humans, killing, Nazi Germany, Richard Weikart, Unnatural Death}

Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

Dr. Weikart's book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from ancient Greece to today. Read More ›

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Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, despair, Discovery Institute Press, Enlightenment, euthanasia, Greeks, history, Howard Glicksman, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Peter Singer, Richard Weikart, Socrates, suffering, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death

_{Science and Culture
August 5, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

7}

The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, baboons, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, Europeans, fossil record, gorillas, history, HMS Beagle, humans, intelligence, John Stuart Mill, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, species, stem, Texas, The Descent of Man, Tierra del Fuego, United Nations}

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps

_{Jonathan Witt
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, dogmatism, evolution, history, intelligent design, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick}

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

_{Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nazis, Phillip E. Johnson, racists, Richard Weikart, South Africa, Summer Seminars, Travel, undergraduates}

Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

_{Casey Luskin
October 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet. Read More ›