Tag: history
Evolution as a Moral Metaphor
In that view, generations of men and women are on an upward-climbing escalator, guaranteeing that “we are moral giants compared to our ancestors.”
Coming in April, Richard Weikart’s The Death of Humanity Asks the “Why It Matters” Question
On a momentous, anxious day for our country, it’s good to be summoned back to ultimate questions.
Count on It: Bach, Biology, and the Baroque
Perhaps the parallel between what Michael Denton calls “non-adaptive order” in biology, and the art of the Baroque, goes a little further.
New and Old Eugenics United by Rejecting Human Exceptionalism
Buck v. Bell was one of the most pernicious Supreme Court decisions ever written.
Excavating the Intellectual Roots of Intelligent Design
There’s a pair of matching, bookended myths about ID — one pertaining to its origin, the other to its purported demise.