John West’s book is a deep and comprehensive study of scientific materialism's morally corrupting effects on American public policy. Although some readers (like me) will not find his attack on Darwinian science persuasive, anyone who wants to think about the moral and political implications of modern science will have to ponder his arguments.
Larry Arnhart, Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University and author of Darwinian Conservatism
Preface ix
Introduction xiii
Origins of Scientific Materialism
1. Nothing Buttery from Atomism to the Enlightenment 3
2. Darwin's Revolution 23
Crime and Punishment
3. Criminal Science 45
4. Crime as Mental Illness 61
5. Turning Punishment into Treatment 79
Wealth and Poverty
6. Law of the Jungle 105
7. Breeding Our Way out of Poverty 123
8. The Science of Business 163
9. Building the World of Tomorrow 187
Schools and Scholars
10. Darwin Day in America 209
11. Banned in Burlington 231
12. Junk Science in the Bedroom 269
13. Sex Miseducation 291
Life and Death
14. Redefining Life 325
15. Redefining Death 343
Conclusion: The Abolition of Man 359
Notes 377
Index 473