Project Gutenberg 2008-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 453 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Gilbert K. (Gilbert Keith) Eugenics and Other Evils Produced by Irma Špehar, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Eugenics and Other Evils" by G. K. Chesterton is a critical essay written in the early 20th century. The book discusses the eugenics movement, its philosophical implications, and the dangers it poses to individual freedoms, morality, and societal structure. Chesterton's argumentative style reveals his staunch opposition to eugenics, presenting it as a misguided and potentially tyrannical ideology. At the start of the book, Chesterton sets the stage by addressing the historical context and popularity of eugenics during his time. He emphasizes the necessity of questioning and resisting the movement before it fully materializes, drawing parallels to past tyrannies and societal trends that sprang from similar ideologies. He critiques the moral underpinnings of eugenics and the notion that human beings can be scientifically managed like livestock, arguing instead for the intrinsic value of individuals, regardless of their hereditary traits. Through this exploration, he warns of the consequences of allowing scientific authority to dictate social arrangements, calling for an awareness of the ethical implications tied to the idea of "improving" humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Eugenics HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 347242 341015 2024-09-11T04:40:25.041825 2023-09-11T08:11:19.608830 text/html text/html 336040 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 121184 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184482 2024-09-11T04:40:32.060781 application/epub+zip 187332 2024-09-11T04:40:26.994801 application/epub+zip 187332 2024-09-11T04:40:25.907826 application/epub+zip 347250 2024-09-11T04:40:35.681826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313342 2024-09-11T04:40:31.185800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313088 2022-09-12T03:32:11.760981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300017 299793 2024-09-11T04:40:24.339852 2023-09-11T08:11:18.932829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 299796 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114241 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299797 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114204 2021-01-03T13:48:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20101 2024-09-11T04:40:35.828773 application/rdf+xml 14992 2024-09-11T04:40:26.269807 image/jpeg 4245 2024-09-11T04:40:26.085821 image/jpeg 175411 2024-09-11T04:40:25.069842 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia