Eugenics and other Evils

Eugenics and other Evils is a collection of essays written by G.K. Chesterton in 1922. The book criticizes the eugenics movement, which sought to improve human genetics through selective breeding. Chesterton argues that this approach is immoral and dangerous because it treats people as objects rather than individuals with inherent value. He also discusses related topics such as birth control, abortion, and socialism.

By G.K. Chesterton · First published 1922 · Genre: Non-fiction, Philosophy, Social Criticism · 17 chapters

Contents

• What is Eugenics?
• The Impotence of Impenitence
• The First Obstacles
• True History of a Tramp
• The Anarchy from Above
• True History of a Eugenist
• The Lunatic and the Law
• The Vengeance of the Flesh
• The Flying Authority
• The Meanness of the Motive
• The Unanswered Challenge
• The Eclipse of Liberty
• The Established Church of Doubt
• The Transformation of Socialism
• A Summary of a False Theory
• The End of the Household Gods
• A Short Chapter

More by G.K. Chesterton

• Heretics (1905)
• Tales of the Long Bow (1936)
• The Club of Queer Trades (1936)
• Leo Tolstoy (1903)
• The Sword of Wood (1928)
• William Blake (1936)
• The Innocence of Father Brown (1936)
• Milton: Man and Poet (1936)
• All works by G.K. Chesterton