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The Role of Evolutionary Ethics in Nazi Propaganda and Worldview Training (2014)

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Historians disagree about whether Nazis embraced Darwinian evolution. By examining Hitler’s ideology, the official biology curriculum, the writings of Nazi anthropologists, and Nazi periodicals, we find that Nazi racial theorists did indeed embrace human and racial evolution. They not only taught that humans had evolved from primates, but they believed the Aryan or Nordic race had evolved to a higher level than other races because of the harsh climatic conditions that influenced natural selection. They also claimed that Darwinism underpinned specific elements of Nazi racial ideology, including racial inequality, the necessity of the racial struggle for existence, and collectivism.

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Authors & Contributors
Yeomans, Rory
Weiss-Wendt, Anton
Richards, Robert John
Yu, Xiaobo
Gianluca Nesi
Sullivan, Gregory
Concepts
Social Darwinism
Racism
Darwinism
Evolution and ethics
Evolution
Science and race
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Germany
United States
Norway
Japan
France
Europe
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