Darwin-statue-from-a-distance-1 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 11, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Christopher E. Cosans, Civil War, Darwinism, Edward Drinker Cope, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Henrika Kuklik, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Josiah Clark Nott, Kyla Schuller, Lamarckian theory, Livia Gershon, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rupert Sheldrake, Rutgers University, Samuel George Morton, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham, women’s suffrage, Yoav Soen Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand Michael Flannery July 11, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 10 “Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›
Darwin-statue-from-a-distance-1 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date November 23, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Christopher E. Cosans, Civil War, Darwinism, Edward Drinker Cope, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Henrika Kuklik, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Josiah Clark Nott, Kyla Schuller, Lamarckian theory, Livia Gershon, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rupert Sheldrake, Rutgers University, Samuel George Morton, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham, women’s suffrage, Yoav Soen Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand Michael Flannery November 23, 2020 Bioethics, Evolution 9 “Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›
Agassiz_in_the_Concrete Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 14, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Charles Darwin, Christianity, Christopher E. Cosans, Europe, Harvard University, James Dwight Dana, Joseph Barnard Davis, Louis Agassiz, Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Paul Broca, Racism, religion, Samuel George Morton, Stanford University, The Descent of Man Louis Agassiz: Some Additional Thoughts Michael Flannery May 14, 2020 Evolution 4 Despite the significance of Agassiz’s scientific accomplishments, his heavy historical baggage cannot be lightly discarded or ignored. Read More ›