Darwin’s big idea Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is that all organisms (living things) develop from characteristics, or traits, that are inherited from their parents. Certain traits have survival advantages. Traits with survival advantages enable an organism to cope better in the environment in which it lives. Darwin’s big idea was that over […]
The Responsibility to Protect
Probably the worst violence committed in modern times has been violence by governments against their own people. What should happen when this occurs? When should those outside the country come to the aid of people who are attacked, either by their own government or by other groups that the government is unwilling or unable to constrain? […]
Why the ALP President should not be a serving parlimentarian
At a recent meeting of ALP members a federal MP gave a report to the meeting that in order for there to be a change in ALP policy concerning treatment of asylum seekers the community would first need to be won over. I do not doubt that the report is an accurate account of the […]
Human enhancement technology and the horrible challenges to equality that lie ahead
Throughout history the upper classes have always claimed to be entitled to their wealth on the basis of their claim that they are smarter, stronger and better than the lower classes. These claims were, and remain, largely delusions. The advantages of the upper classes are socio-political not “biological”. But with new scientific developments, the pretensions of the privileged threaten […]
Harari- Part 3, Nazi Humanists?
According to Harari Nazi ideology was humanist- which is not, of course, to say that it was “humane” or humanitarian. Harari says that humanism is constituted by any ideology which holds that Homo Sapiens have a unique and sacred nature different from all other animals and that this unique nature is the most important thing in […]
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