Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart

Traditionalist conservatives and classical liberals need Charles Darwin. They need him because a Darwinian science of human nature supports Burkean conservatives and Lockean liberals in their realist view of human imperfectibility, and in their commitment to ordered liberty as rooted in natural desires, cultural traditions, and prudential judgments. Arnhart's email address is larnhart1@niu.edu.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

D'Sousa's Strange Alliance of Theocons and Islamists

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One sign of the present confusion in American conservatism is that the Conservative Book Club is promoting both Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infide...
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Monday, March 19, 2007

The Women's War

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The New York Times Magazine for March 18 has an article by Sara Corbett on "The Women's War on the experience of women returning ...
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Friday, March 16, 2007

The Brain Imaging Fallacy in Neurolaw and Neuroeconomics

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The New York Times Magazine for last Sunday (March 11)has an article on "neurolaw" by Jeffrey Rosen. Advances in the technology...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

Conservative Infidel--Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel is a fascinating autobiography that touches on many of the issues that I have taken up in defending Darwinian...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Darwin's God

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The New York Times Magazine for March 4th has an article on "Darwin's God" , which surveys the current debate over Darwinian ...
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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Hayek and Fusionism

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The TCS Daily has an essay by Edward Feser on "Hayek and Fusionism" . I have written some posts on Hayek . And I agree with Fes...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

Chimpanzee Political Science

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In Darwinian Conservatism (pp. 79-84), I write about the "Darwinian politics of chimpanzees and human beings," particularly as it...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Lectures for Philadelphia Society and AEI

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On April 28, I will be lecturing at the national meeting of the Philadelphia Society in Philadelphia. My lecture will be entitled "Dar...
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Friday, February 16, 2007

Incest and Human Kin Detection

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Previously, I have written a post on the incest taboo, which can be found here . My argument is that the moral abhorrence aroused by inces...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

The Islamic Creationist Attack on Darwinism

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For some years now, Islamic creationists have been attacking Darwinian science as atheistic and immoral. One of the leaders in this movemen...
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Darwin, Lincoln, and Slavery

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At this time of the year, we celebrate the remarkable coincidence of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin being born on the same day--February...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Politics, Spiritedness, and Utopian Anarchy

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Kent Guida has written a good comment on my post about "Herbert Spencer's Utopian Anarchism." I suggested that Spencer and Mu...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007

John West's Final Response

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John West has written his final response to me, which can be found here . He hasn't added anything that can't be found in his book....
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Herbert Spencer's Utopian Anarchism

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Having just participated in a Liberty Fund conference on Herbert Spencer, I am prompted to comment on how Spencer's evolutionary ethics ...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

John West's Response, Part 3

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My replies to John West's book Darwin's Conservatives can be found here and here . West has been writing responses to my comments...
Monday, January 08, 2007

John West's Response, Parts 1-2

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My previous replies to John West's book Darwin's Conservatives can be found here and here . West is now writing a response in four...
Friday, January 05, 2007

John West's Response

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In his book Darwin's Conservatives , John West of the Discovery Institute has criticized my arguments for Darwinian conservatism. In my...
Sunday, December 31, 2006

A Reply to Denyse O'Leary

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Denyse O'Leary shares a blog on "intelligent design" with Bill Dembski. Recently, she wrote a post criticizing some of my arg...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Darwinian Liberal Education

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My article on "Darwinian Liberal Education" will be published soon in the fall 2006 issue of Academic Questions , the journal of t...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Sandefur's Rejection of Fusionism

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In response to my continuing defense of ordered liberty as the common ground for libertarian and traditionalist conservatives, Timothy Sande...
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