Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism write by Stephen C. Dilley. This book was released on 2013-05-02. Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism canvasses an array of thinkers from the past to the present as it examines fundamental political, philosophical, ethical, economic, anthropological, and scientific aspects of the ferment between Darwinian biology and classical liberalism. Early chapters focus on classical thinkers like John Locke and Adam Smith, while later chapters provide analyses of present-day classical liberals, focusing especially on F.A. Hayek, Thomas Sowell, and Larry Arnhart, the most prominent advocates of ‘contemporary’ classical liberalism. Thematically, the volume falls into three parts. Part I examines foundational matters, arguing that Darwinism and classical liberalism hold incompatible visions of morality, human nature, and individual autonomy. This section also contends that the free market’s spontaneous order is fully compatible with a teleological (or non-Darwinian) view of the universe. Part II turns to contemporary applications, contending that Darwinism and classical liberalism are at odds in their views of (or implications about) limited government, vital religion, economic freedom, and the traditional family. This section also argues that, since its inception, Darwinism has attenuated core tenets and values of classical liberalism and Western civilization. Part III of the volume contains alternative views to those in the first two parts, adding critical diversity to the book. Respectively, these chapters hold that Darwinian evolution simply has little to say about classical liberalism; an evolutionary account of human volition is fully compatible with the individual choice presupposed in classical liberalism; and evolutionary naturalism, unlike religious alternatives, provides a strong foundation for freedom, morality, and the traditional family.
Darwinian Conservatism
Darwinian Conservatism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwinian Conservatism write by Kenneth C. Blanchard Jr.. This book was released on 2015-11-30. Darwinian Conservatism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A reprint of Larry Arnhart's essay Darwinian Conservatism with comment and criticism from a variety of contributors.
Darwin's Spectre
Darwin's Spectre - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwin's Spectre write by Michael R. Rose. This book was released on 2000-01-31. Darwin's Spectre available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make today's newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago--Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century, the theory of evolution is one of the most potent concepts in all of modern science. In Darwin's Spectre, Michael Rose provides the general reader with an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and how it may affect us in the future. First comes a brief biographical sketch of Darwin. Next, Rose gives a primer on the three most important concepts in evolutionary theory--variation, selection, and adaptation. With a firm grasp of these concepts, the reader is ready to look at modern applications of evolutionary theory. Discussing agriculture, Rose shows how even before Darwin farmers and ranchers unknowingly experimented with evolution. Medical research, however, has ignored Darwin's lessons until recently, with potentially grave consequences. Finally, evolution supplies important new vantage points on human nature. If humans weren't created by deities, then our nature may be determined more by evolution than we have understood. Or it may not be. In this question, as in many others, the Darwinian perspective is one of the most important for understanding human affairs in the modern world. Darwin's Spectre explains how evolutionary biology has been used to support both valuable applied research, particularly in agriculture, and truly frightening objectives, such as Nazi eugenics. Darwin's legacy has been a comfort and a scourge. But it has never been irrelevant.
Darwinian Liberalism
Darwinian Liberalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwinian Liberalism write by Michael McConkey. This book was released on 2018-08-12. Darwinian Liberalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Liberalism, today, lies in ruins. This is a modest effort to suggest a path toward a renewal grounded in Darwinian evolutionary theory and the related sciences.
Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915
Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915 write by Richard Hofstadter. This book was released on 2017-01-31. Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social Darwinism in American Thought examines the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils—as well as the benefits—of laissez-faire modern industrial society. Others, such as William James and John Dewey, argued that human planning was needed to direct social development and improve on the natural order. Hofstadter's classic study of the ramifications of Darwinism is a major analysis of the social philosophies that animated intellectual movements of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.
