Re: Social Darwinism; was: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

> > All of the insults, ad hominems, bashing, piling-on, etc., is really
> > imbecilic. I think those who really care about the issues at hand look
> > right past it.
> 
> Actually, it is *you* who is being imbecilic. All you do is put
> forth ad hominem attacks on Darwin, claiming that his personal beliefs
> would somehow invalidate his theory of evolution.

My "attacks" have been on the ideas expressed in Darwin's DESCENT OF
MAN. I have nothing against Darwin as a man, and would never,
therefore, make an ad hominem attack on him. I have to concede that I
don't even know for sure what Darwin's "personal beliefs" were, I only
know what he wrote in his scientific works.

My recollection from reading is that Darwin was quite a fine person, a
gentleman, a charitable, generous, and kind person. I think I even
read that his "personal beliefs" were rather pro-Christian. But this
is irrelevant to this discussion. My concern is with his doctrine of
social evolution, which, in my view is wrong, dangerous, and at the
root of much of what is wrong with the world.

In Descent of Man, Darwin articulated a theory of the evolution of
societies that resulted in one society being superior to another.

This is known as Social Darwinism:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=social%20darwinism
http://www.webref.org/sociology/s/social_darwinism.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/59/17/socialdarwin.html
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=404290

No "ad hominem" is in this attack. I simply think Social Darwinism is
a dangerous theory.