From Darwin to Hitler: evolutionary ethics, eugenics, and racism in Germany
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From Darwin to Hitler
Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and
Racism in Germany
Richard Weikart
pa I grave
macmillan
Contents
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. Laying New Foundations for Ethics 19
1. T he Origin of Ethics and the Rise of Moral Relativism 21
2. Evolutionary Progress as the I Ugliest flood 43
3. Organizing Evolutionary Ethics 59
2. Devaluing Human Life 71
4. I'lie Value of Life and the Value of Death 73
5. The Specter of Inferiority: Devaluing the Disabled
and "Unproductive" 89
6. The Science of Racial Inequality 103
3. Eliminating the "inferior Ones" 127
7. Controlling Reproduction: ( veniiniingTraditional
Sexual Morality 129
8. Killing the "Unfit" 145
9. War and Peace 163
10. Racial Struggle and Extermination I S3
4. Impacts 207
11. I litler's Ethic 209
Conclusion 229
Notes 235
Bibliography 279
Index 305 |
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From Darwin to Hitler
Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and
Racism in Germany
Richard Weikart
pa I grave
macmillan
Contents
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. Laying New Foundations for Ethics 19
1. T he Origin of Ethics and the Rise of Moral Relativism 21
2. Evolutionary Progress as the I Ugliest flood 43
3. Organizing Evolutionary Ethics 59
2. Devaluing Human Life 71
4. I'lie Value of Life and the Value of Death 73
5. The Specter of Inferiority: Devaluing the Disabled
and "Unproductive" 89
6. The Science of Racial Inequality 103
3. Eliminating the "inferior Ones" 127
7. Controlling Reproduction: ( veniiniingTraditional
Sexual Morality 129
8. Killing the "Unfit" 145
9. War and Peace 163
10. Racial Struggle and Extermination I S3
4. Impacts 207
11. I litler's Ethic 209
Conclusion 229
Notes 235
Bibliography 279
Index 305 |
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