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876042
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Richards, Robert J., (Robert John),1942-
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Was Hitler a Darwinian? : : disputed questions in the history of evolutionary theory /\ Robert J. Richards.
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2013.
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, ©2013
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1 online resource
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022605909X
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: 1299976131
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: 9780226059099
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: 9781299976139
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022605876X
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022605893X
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9780226058764
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9780226058931
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose -- Appendix 1: the logic of Darwin's long argument -- Appendix 2: the historical ontology and location of scientific theories -- Darwin's principle of divergence: why Fodor was almost right -- Darwin's romantic quest: mind, morals, and emotions -- Appendix: assessment of Darwin's moral theory -- The relation of Spencer's evolutionary theory to Darwin's -- Ernst Haeckel's scientific and artistic struggles -- Haeckel's embryos: fraud not proven -- The linguistic creation of man: August Schleicher and the missing link in Darwinian theory -- Was Hitler a Darwinian?
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In tracing the history of Darwin's accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, including moral behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities.</DI.
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Darwin, Charles,1809-1882-- Ethics.
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Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.
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Evolution (Biology)-- History.
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Human evolution-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Biology.
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Darwinismus
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Ethics.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution.
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Evolutionstheorie
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Health Biological Sciences.
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Human evolution-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Politisches Denken
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.8/2
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QH361.R534 2013eb
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