34. The Influence of Darwinism on Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Democratic Faith and Education in Unstable Times 1
5. Part I Democracy and the United States
6. 1. Democracy Is Radical 19
7. 2. Address to National Negro Conference 24
8. 3. A Symposium on Woman’s Suffrage 27
9. 4. The Challenge of Democracy to Education 30
10. 5. America in the World 40
11. 6. Our National Dilemma 44
12. 7. Pragmatic America 49
13. 8. The Basic Values and Loyalties of Democracy 55
14. 9. Creative Democracy— The Task Before Us 59
15. Part II Politics and Power
16. 10. Politics and Culture 69
17. 11. Intelligence and Power 78
18. 12. Force, Violence, and the Law 83
19. 13. Why I Am Not a Communist 88
20. 14. Dualism and the Split Atom 93
21. 15. Is There Hope for Politics? 98
22. 16. A Liberal Speaks Out for Liberalism 105
23. 17. Future of Liberalism 112
24. Part III Education
25. 18. What Is a School For? 117
26. 19. Dewey Outlines Utopian Schools 121
27. 20. Industrial Education— A Wrong Kind 127
28. 21. Why Have Progressive Schools? 133
29. 22. Can Education Share in Social Reconstruction? 143
30. 23. Nationalizing Education 148
31. 24. The Teacher and the Public 156
32. 25. Democracy and Education in the World of Today 161
33. Part IV Social Ethics and Economic Justice
34. 26. Capitalistic or Public Socialism? 173
35. 27. Does Human Nature Change? 185
36. 28. The Ethics of Animal Experimentation 193
37. 29. Ethics and International Relations 200
38. 30. Dewey Describes Child’s New World 211
39. 31. The Collapse of a Romance 217
40. 32. The Economic Situation: A Challenge to Education 223
41. 33. The Jobless— A Job for All of Us 231
42. Part V Science and Society
43. 34. The Influence of Darwinism on Philosophy 237
44. 35. Science, Belief and the Public 249
45. 36. Social Science and Social Control 255
46. 37. Education and Birth Control 260
47. 38. The Supreme Intellectual Obligation 263
48. 39. The Revolt against Science 270
49. Part VI Philosophy and Culture
50. 40. The Case of the Professor and the Public Interest 277
51. 41. Social Absolutism 282
52. 42. Some Factors in Mutual National Understanding 289
53. 43. The Basis for Hope 299
54. 44. Art as Our Heritage 303
55. 45. The Value of Historical Christianity 308
56. 46. What Humanism Means to Me 314
57. References 319
58. Index 323