From Darwin To Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug... -
The book traces these intellectual developments through several stages:
These shifts provided a "scientific" rationale for policies like eugenics, euthanasia, and racial extermination, which the Nazis later operationalized. Structure and Key Topics From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug...
Weikart argues that the adoption of Darwinism in Germany significantly shifted the moral landscape by: and racial extermination