Why didn’t Darwin support slavery? Steven Pinker vs Nick Spencer

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Harvard academic and atheist Steven Pinker debates Nick Spencer of Christian think tank Theos.

In this extract they debate whether Darwin’s commitment to the abolition of slavery came from his scientific or religious commitments.

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