Tag: ethics
The Barbarian Within: Darwinism and the Secular Script for Masculinity
Edgar Rice Burroughs set his Tarzan series (1912) in the African jungle. Because of Tarzan’s wild upbringing, he avoids the debilitating forces of civilization.
John West Introduces Darwin Comes to Africa
The work explores the poisonous influence of Social Darwinism on British rule in Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Harvesting Clones to Live Forever Would Be Monstrous
Of course, Zhavoronkov’s lab is in China — the land where medical and other ethics might go to die.
The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy
Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense.
Bioethicist: Having Children Is Bad
Talk about shades of China family-planning theory. We must destroy much of what makes life worth living in order save the planet!