This is a catastrophic category error. Pure Darwin describes the is of nature; it does not prescribe the ought of civilization. A cheetah eating a gazelle is not "evil." A human choosing to help a starving stranger is not "unnatural."
Pure Darwin does not ask why the deer was slow. It does not feel pity. It simply records the result: the slow gene leaves the pool. The greatest violence done to Darwin’s idea is the word "fitness." In a gym, fitness means abs and endurance. In pure Darwinism, fitness means only one thing: reproductive success.
This is the amoral genius of the system. Pure Darwin does not care if a trait is efficient, kind, or beautiful. It only cares if it copies itself into the next generation. Cancer is "fit" until the host dies. A parasite is "fit" until it collapses the ecosystem. We cannot write about pure Darwin without addressing the skeleton in the closet: Social Darwinism.
Pure: Darwin
This is a catastrophic category error. Pure Darwin describes the is of nature; it does not prescribe the ought of civilization. A cheetah eating a gazelle is not "evil." A human choosing to help a starving stranger is not "unnatural."
Pure Darwin does not ask why the deer was slow. It does not feel pity. It simply records the result: the slow gene leaves the pool. The greatest violence done to Darwin’s idea is the word "fitness." In a gym, fitness means abs and endurance. In pure Darwinism, fitness means only one thing: reproductive success. pure darwin
This is the amoral genius of the system. Pure Darwin does not care if a trait is efficient, kind, or beautiful. It only cares if it copies itself into the next generation. Cancer is "fit" until the host dies. A parasite is "fit" until it collapses the ecosystem. We cannot write about pure Darwin without addressing the skeleton in the closet: Social Darwinism. This is a catastrophic category error