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The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 279 Industrialcivilizationdoes,though,givesomeonemoreoptionsto associatewitha l ...

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282 Chapter 11 “protecthim” againstinfringement.^78 UnlikeHofstadter,EdisongaveSpenceran accu- rate reading. Alsoappreciativeof ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 283 ed in the nineteenthcenturyby HerbertSpencer... Spencerarguedin a veryartic ...

284 Chapter 11 a timewhentherewasno life on Earth.Nowthereis life on Earth.Finally,therewasonce a timewhenno mammalswereon Earth ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 285 higherlevelsemerge.Quantummechanicsare the rulesfor atoms,Newton’s lawsare ...

286 Chapter 11 the guaranteesof peacefor the laborerand securityfor the capitalistare the highest.” You mayrememberthosewordsfro ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 287 “Ideals,” the onetimeclergymanproclaims,“are necessarilyphantasms.Theyhaven ...

288 Chapter 11 rights,as definedby the U.S.FoundingFathersandLocke’s otherphilosophicdescen- dents,werethe sameas whathe conside ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 289 his ownstudyof politicsand economics,Sumnerinadvertentlysmugglesoughtand et ...

290 Chapter 11 “oftenactedunwittinglyto undermine” the freeenterprisesystemthat“he admired... Thushe... proclaimedthatlaissez-fa ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 291 pleasures.”^123 As this contentionmakesverylittlesense,it is not surprising ...

292 Chapter 11 wouldstill receivecharityin his idealsort of politicalsystem.He saidthatrich menwho engagedin no philanthropywoul ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 293 ing it, withoutknowingit, advancethe interestsof the society,andaffordmeans ...

294 Chapter 11 contrast,a culturewhoseanimatingphilosophyis Platonism—drivenby fideism,altru- ism,governism,and socialcollectivi ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 295 fromthe Greeks’ recognitionthattheirbeliefthattheirwayof life wassuperiorto ...

296 Chapter 11 wouldbe no accountingfor this finding.Hencethe argumentofThe Bell Curveis builton flawedassump- tions.See S. John ...

The Ethologists’ UnpaidDebtsto Spencerand Sumner 297 interviewedFarmeras researchfor his characterin the 1993movieJurassicPark, ...

298 Chapter 11 128.A. Smith 1790 6th ed., pt. 4, ch. 1, para.10, http://tinyurl.com/3n2myt,accessedTuesday,April22, 2008. 129.Jo ...