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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, California State University Stanislaus, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion, ID the Future, master race, Richard Weikart, Social Darwinism, The Death of Humanity}

Listen: Richard Weikart Reviews a New Book on Social Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
May 2, 2021

Bioethics

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The book paints Herbert Spencer as the eugenics-championing bad guy and posits that Darwin and Darwinism had little influence on Hitler’s master race ethic. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwinian evolution, Herbert Spencer, James Moore, Jeffrey O’Connell, Michael Ruse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Weikart, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism}

Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism

_{Michael Flannery
April 27, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Benjamin Wiker, Bruce Chapman, California, creationism, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Expelled (movie), fossil record, From Darwin to Hitler, intelligent design, Internet, Karl Popper, Kathie Johnson, Michael Shermer, Nazism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Richard Weikart, Stephen Jay Gould, The American Spectator, Tom Bethell}

Our Friend, Tom Bethell

_{Jonathan Wells
March 15, 2021

Evolution

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On February 12, 2021, Tom Bethell passed away at the age of 84 after a long illness. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Africans, birds, Black Lives Matter, Breitbart, cancel culture, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, colonialism, Europeans, evolution, evolutionary theory, Galápagos Islands, ID the Future, London, Natural History Museum, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Fitzroy, science, scientific racism, strengths and weaknesses, T.H. Huxley, Thomas Malthus}

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
September 25, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›

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Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, eugenics, evolution, evolutionary theory, Francis Galton, genocide, ID the Future, Margaret Sanger, Michael Keas, Planned Parenthood, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, The Descent of Man}

Richard Weikart on How Darwinism Fueled Scientific Racism

_{Science & Culture
September 21, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Darwin didn’t merely predict racial genocide; he thought it would advance human evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, alt-right, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, churches, Darwinism, evolutionists, ID the Future, Mike Keas, Peter Singer, podcast, pseudoscience, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, statues, V.I. Lenin, white nationalists}

Darwinism and “No Lives Matter”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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While most evolutionists today reject scientific racism, with exceptions like James Watson — they have no necessary reason for doing so. Read More ›

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Date
September 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Christianity, Darwinism, From Darwin to Hitler, history, ID the Future, Michael Keas, Michael Ruse, podcast, Richard Weikart, Social Darwinism, war}

Richard Weikart on Michael Ruse’s “Compromise” with Christianity

_{Science & Culture
September 21, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Michael Ruse aims at a surprising conclusion in his new book. Weikart isn’t buying it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, Big Bang, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, culture, Darwinists, euthanasia, Frank Tipler, government funding, history, human life, infanticide, materialism, Richard Weikart, Singularity, The Death of Humanity}

An “Impersonal Universe” and Its Consequences

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Physicist Frank Tipler, as I noted earlier today, provocatively personalizes the Singularity, the beginning point or moment from which the universe burst forth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __cedited, alt-right, anti-Semitism, conservatives, evolution, From Darwin to Hitler, guilt by association, hypocrisy, John Derbyshire, Michael Behe, National Review, Race Realism, Racism, Razib Khan, Richard Weikart, The Unz Review}

The Return of John Derbyshire

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Genetics

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The thread of what the alt-right calls “Race Realism” has never been completely absent from Darwinian theorizing. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __cedited, C.S. Lewis, creativity, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Human Zoos, John West, knowledge, Ota Benga, personhood, Peter Singer, Racism, Richard Weikart, science, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, totalitarian science}

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

_{Science & Culture
October 7, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian. Read More ›