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From Darwin to Hitler - Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany (Paperback, New edition): R. Weikart From Darwin to Hitler - Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany (Paperback, New edition)
R. Weikart
R3,940 Discovery Miles 39 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this work, Richard Weikart explains the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. He demonstrates that many leading Darwinian biologists and social thinkers in Germany believed that Darwinism overturned traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment ethics, especially the view that human life is sacred. Many of these thinkers supported moral relativism, yet simultaneously exalted evolutionary 'fitness' (especially intelligence and health) to the highest arbiter of morality. Darwinism played a key role in the rise not only of eugenics, but also euthanasia, infanticide, abortion and racial extermination. This was especially important in Germany, since Hitler built his view of ethics on Darwinian principles, not on nihilism.

Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Paperback): R. Weikart Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Paperback)
R. Weikart
R2,935 Discovery Miles 29 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this fascinating follow-up to From Darwin to Hitler, Richard Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating that the infamous dictator's immorality flowed from a seemingly coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary theory to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race, and this ethic underlay or influenced almost every major feature of Nazi policy: eugenics, euthanasia, racism, population expansion, offensive warfare, and racial extermination. This groundbreaking study provides truly fresh insights into one of the darkest chapters of the twentieth century as well as the field of evolutionary studies.

Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Hardcover): R. Weikart Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Hardcover)
R. Weikart
R2,966 Discovery Miles 29 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race. This ethic underlay or influenced almost every major feature of Nazi policy: eugenics (i.e., measures to improve human heredity, including compulsory sterilization), euthanasia, racism, population expansion, offensive warfare, and racial extermination.

Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Paperback, 1st ed. 2009): R. Weikart Hitler's Ethic - The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress (Paperback, 1st ed. 2009)
R. Weikart
R2,957 Discovery Miles 29 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race.

From Darwin to Hitler - Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): R. Weikart From Darwin to Hitler - Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
R. Weikart
R4,252 Discovery Miles 42 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"From Darwin to Hitler "elucidates the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. Weikart demonstrates that many leading Darwinian biologists and social thinkers in Germany believed that Darwinism overturned traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment ethics, especially the view that human life is sacred. Many of these thinkers supported moral relativism, yet simultaneously exalted evolutionary "fitness" (especially intelligence and health) as the highest arbiter of morality. Darwinism played a key role in the rise not only of eugenics, but also euthanasia, infanticide, abortion, and racial extermination. This thinking had its biggest impact on Germany, since Hitler built his view of ethics on Darwinian principles, not on nihilism as popularly believed.

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