" One highly influential race scientist was Alfred Jost, author of The Right to Death (1865). The main thesis of the Jost book was that the “final solution” to the “population problem” is state control over human reproduction. The book is couched in the rhetoric of (Darwinian) “natural rights.” The state, according to Jost, has a “natural right” and “sacred responsibility” to kill undesirable individuals in order to “keep the nation, the social organism, alive and healthy.” This so-called “right” was the basis for the “race purification” programs of the Third Reich.Source : http://www.trufax.org/avoid/scienger.html
Comment Putting the cart in front of the horse — except that in that favourite American adage one is dealing with two sorts of real entities and the blunder would be seen even without actual experiment.
With the 'state', no such a 'thing' exists anywhere other than on paper. (Or as some kind of often vague idea that people may have).
The 'state' in the political context means some kind of social organisation actually in place.
The business of the 'state' is to guarantee, protect, the rights of the individuals — who are real people. That is the only reason for a 'state' ; (except of course somebody's usurpations in the name of 'state' — and this is one of the definitions of the problem).
'State' has no 'rights' whatsoever ; the 'state' is not a real entity and it cannot have any 'rights'.
In the case of Dr. Jost the application of his theories would solve as, who exactly was to kill exactly whom. Reportedly some attempts had been done in some such directions but the 'scientific' bases were more than doubtful.
WPT
Anyway, why is the mentioned title by Doctor Jost not found at the University of California Library ?
(Not that I want to read it all that badly ; judging by the available reports. But why is the title not there ?)
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Title La PHYSIOLOGIE de la reproduction chez les mammifères, Paris, 16-19 novembre, 1966. Sous la présidence de R. Courrier ... organisé et publié par A. Jost Publisher Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1968 Description 628 p. illus., ports. 25cm Series Colloques internationaux du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, no.168 Series Colloques internationaux du Centre national de la recherche scientifique.no.168 Note French or English Note Includes bibliographies Language French Subject Reproduction Mammals -- Physiology Mammals -- physiology -- congresses Reproduction -- congresses Added Entry Courrier, Robert
Jost, Alfred
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