Debate Topics
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles
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Purpose vs. Randomness
"Does the elegance and complexity of nature necessitate a guiding intelligence, or can it arise solely from the blind forces of variation and natural selection?"
Science vs. Religion
"Can science and religion coexist as complementary approaches to understanding the world, or are they inherently at odds, offering competing and irreconcilable explanations of existence?"
The Morality of Natural Selection
"Is it morally defensible to embrace a scientific theory that portrays the natural world as a brutal struggle for survival, where the strong prosper at the expense of the weak?"
The Scope of Variation
"Can the variations observed within species, however significant, truly account for the vast differences between them, or are there fundamental limits to the transformative power of natural selection?"
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