From Darwin To Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug... «2025»

It challenged traditional Judeo-Christian and Enlightenment views that human life is inherently sacred.

is a 2004 book by historian Richard Weikart that examines how Darwinian ideas influenced German ethics and the eventual rise of Nazi ideology. Core Thesis From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug...

Many thinkers began to view morality as an evolving product of biology rather than an absolute truth. From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug...

"Evolutionary fitness"—often measured by intelligence and health—became the new arbiter of morality. From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eug...

The book traces these intellectual developments through several stages: