3/10/2024 0 Comments Darwin master slave morality![]() I fully subscribe to the judgment of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important. Indeed, the first sentences of the chapter in question can be seen as reflection of this less than ideal environment: The things Darwin had to say about morality were remarkably bold, given that he lived in Victorian England, and was married to an extremely pious Christian wife. There is little reason to hope that it will recover anytime soon. Nearly a century and a half later, it remains derailed. When it comes to morality, that search was quickly derailed by a combination of ideologically corrupted “science” and sellers of philosophical snake oil. ![]() As such they represent a high point in mankind’s search for truth and self-understanding. They are decidedly out of step with the socialist and egalitarian ideologies that it became the goal of the 20th century behavioral “sciences” to “prove” as corollaries of the Blank Slate. If you haven’t seen those pages yet, they may be a revelation to you, because later generations of behavioral “scientists” have been very coy about mentioning them. Just read Chapter IV of his The Descent of Man. It’s not necessary to read all of Darwin’s books and manuscripts to learn what he had to say about morality.
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