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Rallying to Darwin's Defense: Robert J. Richards and the Historical Record

Richard Weikart
November 28, 2011
Robert J. Richards's essay "Was Hitler a Darwinian?" and part of his essay "The German Reception of Darwin's Theory, 1860-1945" attempt to refute my two book-length treatments dealing with the ideological connections between Darwinism and Nazism (From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, … » Go
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Where the "Science-Religion" Dichotomy Came From

Richard Weikart
November 9, 2011
Many theistic evolutionists seem to think that science explains nature, while religion has nothing whatsoever to do with nature. The historian of science Frederick Gregory in his book, Nature Lost? Natural Science and the German Theological Traditions of the Nineteenth Century (Harvard University … » Go
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Can Darwinists Condemn Hitler and Remain Consistent with Their Darwinism?

Richard Weikart
October 27, 2011
When the Philadelphia Inquirer's science writer Faye Flam interviewed me recently for her article "Severing the Link Between Darwin and Nazism," she pressed me to discuss the implications of the Darwinism-Nazism connection that my scholarship has explored (especially in my two books, From Darwin … » Go
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Can Ruse's View of Ethics Save Us from Hitler?

Richard Weikart
September 20, 2010
Michael Ruse recently criticized my work in From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany, which examines the way that evolutionary ethics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries undermined Judeo-Christian views of ethics, especially the sanctity-of-life … » Go
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Darwin's Racism and Darwin's Sacred Cause

Richard Weikart
September 17, 2010
Pointing out Darwin's anti-slavery sentiments has been a favorite tactic for many years by those wanting to deny Darwin's racism. However, Adrian Desmond and James Moore raised this discussion to an entirely new level by claiming in their 2009 book, Darwin's Sacred Cause, that abolitionism was … » Go
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Ruse's Spin on Darwin's Racism

Richard Weikart
September 16, 2010
One of the biggest errors in Ruse's recent op-ed piece in Huffington Post is his claim about Darwin's racism. While admitting that Darwin upheld conventional Victorian racial views, Ruse still tries to distance Darwin from any connection to racial extermination. When discussing Darwin's Descent … » Go
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How Good Is Ruse's History?

Richard Weikart
September 14, 2010
Earlier this summer, philosopher Michael Ruse wrote an op-ed at Huffington Post, where he claimed that my scholarship is "bad history." He questioned the historical connections between Darwinism and Nazism that I demonstrated in my book, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and … » Go
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Richard Weikart Responds to Larry Arnhart's Review of Hitler's Ethic

Richard Weikart
September 22, 2009
The first review of my book, Hitler's Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress, has appeared. Larry Arnhart, professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, author of Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature, posted a perceptive review to his … » Go
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The Dehumanizing Impact of Modern Thought: Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, and Their Followers

Richard Weikart
July 20, 2008
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor who endured the horrors of Auschwitz, astutely commented on the way that modern European thought had helped prepare the way for Nazi atrocities (and his own misery). He stated, "If we present a man with a concept of man which is not true, we may well corrupt him. … » Go
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Are Francis Collins, Ken Miller, and Simon Conway Morris Creationists?

Richard Weikart
May 19, 2008
Of course not, as we all know. But someone forgot to tell Hector Avalos, a critic of my role in the movie "Expelled." In a radio debate with me on WHO in Des Moines this morning, Avalos (religion professor at Iowa State University) claimed that Hitler was a creationist. I objected to this … » Go
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