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Ginnobili, S.. (2023). Darwinian Beauty .  Manuscrito ,  46 (4), e-2022-0059-R2.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2023.V46N4.SG Descargar Abstract It is not always considered that the discussion about the objective or subjective nature of beauty occurred partly in natural history, within the framework of the Darwinian revolution. The approaches of many pre-Darwinian naturalists assumed the existence of absolute standards of beauty. This idea was a presupposition in some versions of the great chain of being and in the idea that beauty was an objective characteristic of creation that could explain the possession of many traits of organisms. In this paper I will show how Darwin explicitly confronted both views throughout his work. Keywords: Charles Darwin; Beauty; chain of being; functional biology; sexual selection

Ginnobili, Santiago, «Sexual Selection and the Brotherhood of Humans: Does the argument of The Descent of Man confirm The sacred cause thesis?», Principia, Vol. 27, nº2, pp. 335-361, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2023.e90604 . Descarga Abstract Desmond and Moore point out that the key to understanding Darwin’s  The Descent of Man  is his abolitionist motivation and his advocacy that races constitute subspecies. Roberta Millstein raises some doubts about the importance of this motivation. She points out that the inclusion of the extensive section devoted to non-human animals is not justified by Darwin’s treatment of humans  per se , because his explanation of the origin of races is peculiar. In this sense, she argues that Darwin’s specific explanation of the origin of races does not confirm the central importance that Desmond and Moore give to Darwin’s abolitionism. In this paper I have two different aims. On the one hand, to show that the huma...