Tag: eugenics
Darwin and Wallace Read Malthus Differently, and That Made a Big Difference
No wonder Alfred Russel Wallace called eugenics “the meddlesome interference of an arrogant scientific priestcraft.”
Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands
“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.”
From Hamas, a Moment of Clarity about Darwinism and More
The real test of a worldview is not merely what it explains, but what it makes us deny. Atheism makes us deny objective moral law.
Correcting a Cartoon Version of Alfred Russel Wallace
Was Darwin a Nazi? Of course not. But did his ideas form a causal nexus via Galton to ideas that would be integrated into Nazi policy? Yes.
“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists
It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend.