Saturday, December 29, 2007

Beckwith on Abortion

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Francis Beckwith's new book-- Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press)--is perhaps t...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Benazir Bhutto's Ambition

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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto brings to an end a remarkable example of female political ambition . In Darwinian Natural Right and Dar...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Questions and Answers for John West

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In a recent blog post , John West claims that in our debates, I have refused to answer his four major questions for me. Here I will briefly ...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Recent Human Evolution--Including the High-IQ Ashkenazi Jews

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Until the emergence of agriculture 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, human ancestors lived as hunter-gatherers or foragers. Proponents of "ev...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

An Icon of ID: Jonathan Wells and the Peppered Moths

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Of the books attacking Darwinian science, one of the most popular has been Jonathan Wells' Icons of Evolution . Sponsored by the Discov...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Anastaplo on Physics and Religion

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George Anastaplo is a remarkable human being--and perhaps the best teacher I had at the University of Chicago. He graduated from the Univer...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Mitt Romney on Religious Liberty

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Questions about religion and evolution continue to come up in the debates between the Republican candidates for the presidency. Mike Huckab...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Phil Gasper and Socialist Utopianism

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Last summer, I wrote a post responding to an article by Phil Gasper in the International Socialist Review . Now, my post has been reprinted...
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Saturday, December 01, 2007

Vogel on Kass's "Natural Law Judaism"

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In some previous posts, I have questioned Leon Kass's view of modern science as promoting a materialist reductionism. I have argued tha...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

The Genetics of IQ and the Declaration of Independence

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The recent controversy over James Watson's comments on the lower intelligence of black Africans reminds us of one of the enduring debate...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Antony Flew's God

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Antony Flew is famous as one of the leading philosophical exponents of atheism. That's why there was so much publicity a few years ago w...
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John West's DEMOCRITUS DAY IN AMERICA

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I have posted some comments on John West's book Darwin Day in America , which can be found here and here . West's response to thos...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

"Judgment Day": A PBS Show on the Dover Case

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I have just seen the PBS documentary on the Dover, PA, school case on the teaching of intelligent design, a two-hour program broadcast tonig...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Strong Reciprocity and the Darwinian Left

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Can there be a "Darwinian left"? In Darwinian Conservatism and elsewhere, I have argued that a "Darwinian left"--such...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Debate with John West in Seattle

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The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is sponsoring a debate on Darwinian conservatism between me and John West. The debate will be in Seat...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

Behavioral Game Theory and Smith's Moral Philosophy

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Adam Smith is famous for his remark in The Wealth of Nations about how "it is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or ...
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Friday, October 19, 2007

Five Sexes?

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The U.S. Congress is considering legislation to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. The legislation has provoked ...
Friday, October 12, 2007

The Problem of Free Will and John West

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A few weeks ago, I posted a statement on John West's new book-- Darwin Day in America . I indicated that I thought the book was a good ...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, and Chimpanzee Natural Law

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Quoting Ulpian, Thomas Aquinas declared that "natural right is that which nature has taught all animals." Developing this thought...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

The Machiavellian Biopolitics of Assassination and Conspiracy

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It appears for now that the military dictators of Burma have suppressed the public protests against their rule led by Buddhist monks. But n...
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