Reading Guide

for Charles Darwin, B Notebook and "Geographical Distirbution" in Origin of Species
• What does Darwin seem to mean by "the origin of species"?
• How does Darwin implicate geography in this process?
• (Do you find any links between his experiences, his journal and his published writing that reflect the sources of his ideas?)

for Darwin, M notebook and "Moral Sense" in Descent of Man
• What does Darwin think about the mind in terms of evolution?
• What does he consider the biological foundations of morality and/or of the "moral sense"?
• (Do you find any links between his experiences, his journal and his published writing that reflect the sources of his ideas?)