Eugenics and Other Evils

Name: Eugenics and Other Evils
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ISBN: 9781908388278

ISBN-10: 1908388277

ISBN-13: 9781908388278

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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G K Chesterton wrote 'Eugenics and Other Evils' over 90 years ago, as a warning against the new 'science' of eugenics. It was a bold act at a time when US president Woodrow Wilson was an avid supporter of 'scientific breeding' and even Winston Churchill believed that "the multiplication of the feeble-minded cannot go on unchecked." Wielding his formidable insight and wit - and with remarkable prescience - Chesterton deconstructs the absurdities of the Eugenicist movement and points to its potential for ill-use, dangers which came to their full, terrible fruition in the Nazi destruction of the mentally ill and the horrors of the Holocaust.Despite its age, this is a surprisingly contemporary…

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Publisher: Aziloth Books
Pages: 128
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.80" long x 0.40" tall