{"id":36281,"date":"2007-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.net\/podcast\/does-darwinism-lead-to-moral-relativism\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:08:54","slug":"80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/80\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Darwinism Lead to Moral Relativism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091118105912\/http:\/\/www.darwinsconservatives.com\/\" target=\"new\"><\/a>On this video episode of <b>ID The Future<\/b>, CSC senior fellow Dr. John West examines whether or not Darwinian evolution supports a traditional view of morality as is often claimed. In his new book <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20091118105912\/http:\/\/www.darwinsconservatives.com\/\" target=\"new\"><i><b>Darwin&#8217;s Conservatives<\/b><\/i><\/a>, Dr. West addresses how Darwin\u2019s theory, contrary to some of its conservative champions, manifestly does not reinforce the teachings of conservatism. According to West, Darwinism promotes moral relativism rather than traditional morality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"240\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 320 \/ 240;\" width=\"320\" controls src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/Video-IDTF-80-West-Darwins-Conservatives-Seattle.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this video episode of ID The Future, CSC senior fellow Dr. John West examines whether or not Darwinian evolution supports a traditional view of morality as is often claimed. 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