Allen Esterson wrote: > > If we're > going to go in for guilt by association, then there are plenty of people > ready and willing to argue that modern Darwinism is tainted in a similar > way. Who can doubt that pre-Nazi and Nazi philosophies were influenced by > notions derived from Darwinian theory? This is routinely used by > creationists to denounce Darwinism. Try these as samplers: > > If we're really going to do the history here, it is probably worth pointing out that the early Nazi eugenic program was the direct result (much more direct than, say, from Darwin's writings) of its close study of the US eugneics program, particularly that of California, which was busy sterilizing thousands of its citizens for are range of physical and psychological abnormalities. The largest per capita eugenic sterilization program in the 20th century, however, was (perhaps surprisingly) in Sweden.
I recently did a blog item on this: http://ahp.yorku.ca/?p=366 As for Darwinism itself, it is at root of pretty well EVERY important thing the world has done biologically for the last century or so, whether for good or ill. That doesn't make the theory of natural selection good or bad in itself. Rather, it makes it very likely TRUE. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
