Introduction: F.A. Hayek the avant-garde conservative -- The road to evolution -- From complexity to order -- Believe and prosper -- Economic progress and its discontents -- Conclusion: the battles of yesterday

<Para ID="Par1">In this paper, I examine economist F. A. von Hayek’s views on social evolution and contrast them with T. H. Huxley’s famous critique of evolutionary ethics. My analysis seeks to bring to the fore fundamental discrepancies between evolutionary explanations that are descriptive and political...</para>