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From Darwin to Hitler : Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany
From Darwin to Hitler : Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany
Author: Weikart, Richard
Edition/Copyright: 2004
ISBN: 1-4039-7201-X
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Type: Paperback
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From Darwin to Hitler elucidates the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality throughout history. This book is a provocative yet balanced work that addresses a wide range of topics, from the value of human life to sexual mortality, to racial extermination.

 
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Introduction

Part I: Laying New Foundations for Ethics

The Origins of Morality and the Rise of Relativism
Evolutionary Progress as the Highest Good
Organizing Evolutionary Ethics

Part II: Devaluing Human Life

The Value of Death
The Specter of Inferiority: Devaluing the Disabled
The Science of Racial Inequality

Part III: Eliminating the "Inferior Ones"

Controlling Reproduction: Redefining Sexual Morality
Killing the Unfit
War and Peace
Racial Struggle and Extermination

Part IV: Impacts

Hitler's Ethics

Conclusion

 

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