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| Creationism: Creationism is a view that attempts to reconcile the scientific theory of evolution with the belief in a creator god. Creationists typically believe that God created the universe and all life, but that he used evolution as a mechanism to do so. It is important to note that creationism is not a scientific theory. It is a religious belief that is not supported by scientific evidence. See also Evolution, Darwinism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Economic Theories on Creationism - Dictionary of Arguments
Henderson I 15 Creationism/Alchian/economic theories/Henderson/Globerman: Consider the question of whether schools should teach evolution or intelligent design or both. Your first instinct might be to say that the answer depends on which is true: evolution or intelligent design. But what if what one person thinks is true is something that another person thinks is false? Some people are absolutely sure that evolution is true, while others are abso- lutely sure that intelligent design explains Why we we're here on planet Earth. Intervention/government policy: But the only reason this appears to be a public policy problem is that with a prior intervention, governments have made it one. How so? By taxing people, some of whom believe in intelligent design, some of whom believe in evolution, and some of whom don't know what they believe, to pay for other people's schooling. Property rights: In other words, it appears to be a public policy problem because of a prior restriction of people's right to keep their own property. That's why there is conflict. People who argue that they shouldn't be forced to subsidize the teaching of intelligent design have a point. So do those Who argue that they shouldn't be forced to subsidize the teaching of evolution. Jefferson: Thomas Jefferson put it best: "To compel a man to furnish contribu tions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." Henderson I 16 Education policy: If the government got out of schooling and let people choose how and where to spend their money on their children's schools and on other children's schools (we are assuming that, consistent with history, many relatively affluent people who are free to choose how to spend their money would willingly subsidize the schooling of those who are less the problem would go away. Those who want to finance the teaching of evolution would do so; those who want to finance the teaching of intelligent design would do so. The conflict would disappear. Property rights: of course, there would still be people who are upset that a school teaches something they disapprove of, but that doesn't mean that there would be conflict. If everyone's property rights were respected, there would be no conflict. There would simply be people who are upset by others' choices. >Evolution, >Education, >Education policy._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Economic Theories Henderson I David R. Henderson Steven Globerman The Essential UCLA School of Economics Vancouver: Fraser Institute. 2019 |
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