the latter title has long since been removed. did charles darwin promote racism?
sorry, guys, no sources this time. i just saw this on tv a minute ago.
2007-09-27 23:26:30 · 8 answers · asked by That Guy Drew 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It has been many years since I read it. I don't recall that Darwin actually espoused racism, himself, however his book can certainly be used to infer that the 'superior' races must wipe out the 'inferior' races. And it was certainly USED by racists in just that way!
Coupled with the philosophies of Spencer, Hegel, and Neitzche, it became the perfect tool for the Third Reich's extermination program.
2007-09-27 23:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If he was the most blatant racist ever,it bears no relevance at all to the validity of TOE.The study of evolution began with him,it has advanced since then with massive evidence from several different scientific fields.TOE neither stands nor falls on the fact of Darwin's racism/non-racism.TOE has been smashingly proven since then.
2007-09-27 23:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't view that as promoting racism. Obviously, all the races in the world today were "favored" or they would not exist.
2007-09-28 00:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how Darwin defined "race". Was he only using it in reference to humans? Actually, the point is irrelevant; natural selection stands as a valid evolutionary concept., whether Darwin was a racist or not .
Come to think of it, would Darwin have suggested evolution from apes if he was racist?
2007-09-27 23:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
He probably did see a lean in power towards one race, but we cannot determine whether he was a racist. This other title probably expanded to the broad view of powers distributed among different races in a general sense
2007-09-27 23:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He was trying to prove that other races were less human because they were lower on the evolutionary scale.
Evolution and planned parenthood both have their roots in the most heinous ideologies.
http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/descent_of_man/chapter_07.html
2007-09-27 23:39:09 · answer #6 · answered by Locutus1of1 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
ya he did, his theory was used by nazis to propagate themselves as the superior race having the right to rule the world. it also had a colonial touch as that was the colonial period and he also thought that westerners are a superiuor race thats why they are all over the world.
2007-09-27 23:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Basit J 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
darwin was an idiot, he didn't believe in his own theory.
2007-09-27 23:39:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋