Richard Weikart

^{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2024}

Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2024}

a doctor holding a syringe ready to give a vaccine injection

^{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024}

Richard Weikart Reads From His New Book Unnatural Death

_{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024}

On this episode, Dr. Richard Weikart reads selections from his new book Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing. Dr. Weikart is Emeritus Professor of History at California State University Stanislaus and a Senior Fellow with the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. He is author of From Darwin to Hitler, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion and The Death of Humanity. Dr. Weikart begins with a portion from the book’s Introduction, which sets the stage and defines some key terms used in the book. Weikart concludes with an excerpt from Chapter 3: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics, where he gets into the influence of Darwinism on eugenics ideology and how it shaped attitudes toward euthanasia and assisted suicide in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024
Discovery Institute}

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing – An Interview with Dr. Richard Weikart

_{Richard Weikart
August 7, 2024
Discovery Institute}

If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson talks to historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his latest book, Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing, now available from Discovery Institute Press. The book is Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024}

Richard Weikart: Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing

_{Richard Weikart
August 5, 2024}

If we believe there is no qualitative distinction between animals and humans, are we more likely to protect human life or devalue it? On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson talks to historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his latest book, Unnatural Death: Medicine's Descent From Healing to Killing, now available from Discovery Institute Press. The book is a wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide from Ancient Greece to today. How did we get to the point we are at today, and how do we turn the tide to promote the sanctity of human life? Tune in to find out. Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
March 22, 2022}

Eric Metaxas and Richard Weikart Spotlight Darwinian Racism

_{Richard Weikart
March 22, 2022}

Today’s ID the Future brings listeners a lively conversation between radio host and bestselling author Eric Metaxas and historian Richard Weikart about Weikart’s new book, Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism. Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
February 21, 2022}

Darwinian Racism Webinar, Pt. 2

_{Richard Weikart
February 21, 2022}

Today’s ID the Future features the second half of a recent webinar spotlighting historian Richard Weikart and his new book, Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism. Here Weikart fields questions from the webinar audience. Read More ›

^{Richard Weikart
February 3, 2022
Intelligent Design}

Nazi Racism: Historian Richard Weikart Answers Questions

_{Richard Weikart
February 3, 2022
Intelligent Design}

What is the historical connection between Nazi racism and Darwinian evolution? Historian Richard Weikart explores the ideological origins of Nazi racism and its links to social Darwinism as he answers questions submitted from viewers around the world about his new book Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
August 18, 2014
Intelligent Design}

New Film Explores Social Darwinist Roots of World War I

_{Discovery Institute
August 18, 2014
Intelligent Design}

New Film Explores Social Darwinist Roots of World War I
The Biology of the 2nd Reich debuts August, 18th 2014

SEATTLE – The Biology of the 2nd Reich, a new 14-minute documentary, tells the little-known story of the influence of Social Darwinism on German militarism leading up to World War I, including an exploration of the German military’s genocidal policies in Southwest Africa.

The Biology of the Second Reich

_{Richard Weikart
August 13, 2014
Intelligent Design}

This award-winning 14-minute documentary tells the little-known story of the influence of Social Darwinism on German militarism leading up to World War 1, including an exploration of the German military’s genocidal policies in Southwest Africa (modern Namibia). The video features the work of California State University historian Richard Weikart, author of the book From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, Read More ›

^{July 14, 2014}

Biology of the Second Reich Trailer

_{July 14, 2014}

Trailer for the upcoming documentary The Biology of the Second Reich featuring historian Richard Weikart. Learn more at www.darwintohitler.com