History 3427E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Epilepsy, Visual Impairment, Karl Binding
22 Apr 2016
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Every henios act that the nazi"s commit is justified via this concept. People"s community and racial community which would eliminate all other social divisions (class) You had to be a healthy aryan who participated in society and produced more viable aryan specimens. Eugenics not new, term coined in 1881 by francis gaton. The science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding . Desire to improve society by applying scientific solutions to social problems. It comes from a desire to better society but they do not understand the implications of these ideas. Germans have strong draw to science, stronger than other countries. Scientist"s are more highly respected in germany than other countries. Ideas are more wide spread and carry more weight. Permitting the destruction of life unworthy of life this suggestion is known as negative eugenics (eliminating faulty specimens) , positive eugenics is breeding of perfect specimens. Sterilization and then euthanasia of a-socials and racial aliens .
