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An Idea and Its Impact: Human Origins and Human Ethos

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Darwinian advocates today adopt a winsome mask of liberalism. However, evolutionary theory has a dark history of justifying racism and genocide.

In a lecture on the social consequences of ideas about human origins, Discovery Institute’s John West reminds us that such thinking naturally impacts our culture’s ethos, the way we evaluate human dignity, purpose, and equality, which in turn can’t help but affect the way people treat each other.

This episode of ID the Future is Part 2 in a series of excerpts from Dr. West’s talk at a recent conference on “Science and Human Origins.” Download it by clicking here:

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Find Part 1 here. You can’t, if you’re honest with yourself, just sweep such realities under the carpet, though Darwin apologists seek mightily to do so.

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David Klinghoffer

Senior Fellow and Editor, Evolution News
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Science Today, the daily voice of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, reporting on intelligent design, evolution, and the intersection of science and culture. Klinghoffer is also the author of six books, a former senior editor and literary editor at National Review magazine, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Commentary, and other publications. Born in Santa Monica, California, he graduated from Brown University in 1987 with an A.B. magna cum laude in comparative literature and religious studies. David lives near Seattle, Washington, with his wife and children.

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