By Richard Weikart – [Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a series of three. Read part 1 and part 2.] One point that I explain in my book, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany, aroused considerable controversy, and it flamed up even more after Ben Stein interviewed me [...]

By Richard Weikart – [Editor’s Note: This is the second of three articles by Richard Weikart. Read part 1: How Evolution Challenges Christian Ethics, by Richard Wikart.] Peter Singer, one of the most influential bioethicists in the world today, is famous for supporting abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia, especially for the disabled.  He has written many [...]

By Richard Weikart – In 1995, while working on my book From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany (2004), I taught a seminar at my university on “Evolution, Religion, and Society.”  As we discussed Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism by the philosopher James Rachels, two students insisted that [...]