Tag: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Austria, Canada, Christianity, death, euthanasia, Germany, Joni Eareckson Tada, Judeo-Christian tradition, lethal injection, Netherlands, nihilism, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Spain, suicide, The Death of Humanity, Yuval Noah Harari}

Unalienable Rights, You Say? Why We Must Resist Yuval Harari’s “Scientific” Nihilism

_{Richard Weikart
August 12, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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History attests that when a culture does not draw a firm line protecting human life, it inevitably progresses to ending lives for all manner of reasons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, "created equal", animism, atheism, creator, David Klinghoffer, Declaration of Independence, elitism, emotivism, endowed by their creator, equality, evolution, evolutionary ethics, freedom, Homo sapiens, human rights, ideas have consequences, metaethics, monotheism, morality, myths, nihilism, noble lie, polytheism, religion, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, subjectivism, Thomas Jefferson, truth, Voltaire, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2021

Ethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animism, data points, evolution, monotheism, Nature (journal), New Scientist, polytheism, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: Getting the Origin of Religion Backwards

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The traditions of the Santal people entail an account of their own religious history that directly contradicts Harari’s evolutionary view. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Crusades, designer, fiction, hospital, human origins, jesus, myths, religion, Roman Catholic, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari}

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

_{Casey Luskin
July 26, 2021

Faith & Science

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Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›