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Richard Dawkins

British evolutionary biologist

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Wrote The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion and became the best-known voice of the New Atheism, arguing for science and secularism in public life.

Richard Dawkins sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly secular on religion, strongly progressive on culture and strongly tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on economy and interventionism.

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Where Richard Dawkins sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Richard Dawkins

Emma Bonino Italian politician and Radical Party leader98%Neil deGrasse Tyson American astrophysicist and presenter98%Steven Pinker Canadian-American psychologist and author98%José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Prime Minister of Spain, 2004 to 201198%Peter Singer Australian moral philosopher98%John Stuart Mill English philosopher and MP, 1806 to 187397%Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of Spain, 2018 to present97%Yuval Noah Harari Israeli historian and author97%

People furthest from Richard Dawkins

Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 19893%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present3%Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present4%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)4%

Political views closest to Richard Dawkins

Secular humanismBases ethics and public life on reason and science rather than religion.99%ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.98%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…98%Liberal feminismPursues gender equality through law, education and equal access to jobs and politics…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.