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.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Gerry Mackie's Response

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Gerry Mackie has written me an email message about my two recent posts on female circumcision. He has given me permission to reproduce it he...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Gerry Mackie on Female Circumcision

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When I first wrote about female circumcision in 1998 in Darwinian Natural Right , my thinking was decisively influenced by some writing by G...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Fuambai Ahmadu on Female Circumcision

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In Darwinian Natural Right , I have a long section on female circumcision (149-60). I use the debate over whether female circumcision shoul...
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Monday, November 09, 2009

Rights from Wrongs: The Sense of Injustice

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From its first publication in 1975, Edward O. Wilson's book Sociobiology has stirred disputes over his claim that ethics is rooted in h...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Did Darwin Naturalize Genocide?--Or Does Right Make Might?

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The longest chapter in my book Darwinian Natural Right is on slavery, because the history of the debate over slavery illustrates how a Darw...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Evolution for Everyone--Even Biologists?

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Those defending the importance of teaching evolutionary science often like to quote a famous remark by Theodosius Dobzhansky (an evolutionar...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Darwinian Biology of Human Rights

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A Darwinian analysis of the modern conception of human rights would turn on at least two main points. The first point would be the primacy o...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

October 23--The Anniversary of Creation

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"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." That occurred on October 23, 4004 BC. So today is the 6013th anniversary...
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