Re: [asa] Darwinian conservative

At 09:31 PM 3/14/2007, David Opderbeck wrote:
>I can only gather that some neoconservatives suggest that Darwinism
>-- defined probably as a sweeping philosophy -- is incompatible with
>a Straussian conservatism, which emphasizes the classical
>virtues. So, someone apparently is suggesting one can be a
>Straussian and believe in evolution too. Kind of the Francis
>Collinses of neconservatism?

@ I don't think that's it.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzUwMDliZTQxYTJlNjUzZTQ5YTRhNGJhOTQ0NmMxMzk=

~ Janice

>On 3/14/07, Randy Isaac
><<mailto:randyisaac@comcast.net>randyisaac@comcast.net> wrote:
>Pray tell, what is a "Darwinian conservative?" How do Darwinian
>evolution and Conservative political philosophy have anything to do
>with each other? That term appears in the following invitation:
>
>
>In recent years, discussion of the compatibility of Darwinian
>evolution and Conservative political philosophy has grown. Please
>join Discovery Institute Senior Fellows
><http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=18&isFellow=true>John
>G. West and
><http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=10&isFellow=true>George
>Gilder as they discuss this issue with Darwinian conservatives
><http://www.olimu.com/>John Derbyshire of National Review and
><http://polisci.niu.edu/faculty/cv/arnhart.html>Larry Arnhart of
>Northern Illinois University.
>
>
>
>The event will take place at the American Enterprise Institute, May
>3, 2007 from 9:00am to 11:30am.
>
>for more information, please contact:
>
>
>
>More Information
>Kyle Vander Meulen
>American Enterprise Institute
> 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
>Washington, DC 20036
>Phone: 202-862-5839
>Fax: 202-862-5821
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>
>Randy
>

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Received on Wed Mar 14 21:36:32 2007