The New Decalogue of Science

303 pp. Author was a prominent figure in the eugenics movement. CONTENTS: The Ethical Challenge - The New Biology and the Old Statesmanship. The Five Warnings - That the Advanced Races Are Going Backward; That Heredity Is the Chief Maker of Men; That the Golden Rule without Science Will Wreck the Race that Tries It; That Medicine, Hygiene and Sanitation Will Weaken the Human Race; That Morals, Education, Art and Religion Will Not Improve the Human Race. The Ethical Transition - The New Mount Sinai--The Laboratory. Then Ten Commandments of Science - The Duty of Eugenics; The Duty of Scientific Research; The Duty of the Socialization of Science; The Duty of Measuring Men; The Duty of Humanizing Industry; The Duty of Preferential Reproduction; The Duty of Trusting Intelligence; The Duty of Art; The Duty of Internationalism; The Duty of Philosophical Reconstruction. The Ethical Outlook - The Mental Habits for a New Approach. Index. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Albert Edward Wiggam (1871-1957) traveled the lecture circuit promoting eugenics as "the final program for the complete Christianization of mankind" in The New Decalogue of Science (1922), popularizing the idea of race segregation and sterilization of the "unfit." Wiggam rewrote the Ten Commandments, in which "The Duty of Eugenics" replaced "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." The "Duty of Scientific Research" supplanted the proscription against making graven images, while the "Duty of Preferential Reproduction" replaced "Thou shalt not kill.""