By: Ambrose Robitaille-Brown
DARWINISM
WHAT IS DARWINISM?
It is a theory of evolution: All species deprive from their ancestors Survival of the fittest
THEORIST
• 1809-1882• English Naturalist• Educated at The University of
Edinburg Medical School
• Anaximander (610-546 BC)
• Theory: “Animal came from moist environment, And man evolved from a fish”
DARWIN’S IDEAS
1. Animals and plants are sometimes born with features that are different from those their parents but that they can pass on to their own offspring (random- variations) known as mutations
2. Animals produce more offspring than can survive therefore creating a struggle for existence
***Variations can give a species a better chance of surviving
Evolution is not designed for purpose it is chance not purposeful
IDEOLOGY - IMPERIALISM
Imperialism: A policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Colonization
Ex. North America Africa India
IDEOLOGY - CAPITALISM
Winston Churchill: The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries
IDEOLOGIES- RACISM
SUPPORTERS OF DARWINISM
Adolf Hitler
John W. BoothConstantine
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
THEORIST OPPOSITION
Stephen Jay Gould- Contemporary Biologist
George Mavrodes- Contemporary Philosopher
1. Naturalist “explicable entirely in terms of natural law without reference to a divine intention or intervention”
2. Theistic “a divine teleology in this process, a divine direction at each crucial stage in accordance with divine plan or intention”
1. Fossils do not support Darwin’s theory of evolution because there is such a large gap between records
2. The gaps show that evolution generally occurs by jumps
Henri Bergson- Philosopher
“The process of evolution is not blind and random but directed and purposeful”
Michael J. Behe- Biochemist
The complexity of human organism, including human beings cannot be explained by random processes but require the admission of “intelligent design”
CONCLUSION