Weikart, R.

From Darwin to Hitler : Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (312 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Laying New Foundations for Ethics; 1. The Origin of Ethics and the Rise of Moral Relativism; 2. Evolutionary Progress as the Highest Good; 3. Organizing Evolutionary Ethics; 2. Devaluing Human Life; 4. The Value of Life and the Value of Death; 5. The Specter ofInferiority: Devaluing the Disabled and ""Unproductive; 6. The Science of Racial Inequality; 3. Eliminating the ""Inferior Ones; 7. Controlling Reproduction: Overturning Traditional Sexual Morality; 8. Killing the ""Unfit; 9. War and Peace 10. Racial Struggle and Extermination4. Impacts; 11. Hitler's Ethic; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index



9781137109866


Eugenics--History.--Germany
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Racism--Germany.


Electronic Books.

DAW1001-DAW1051D900- / .F766 2016