title: [The social understanding of Eugen Bleuler - his viewpoint outside of the psychiatric clinic].
abstract: Based on writings from different periods in the life of Eugen Bleuler, the present work represents a consistent recognizable concept of ethics, social order and race hygiene in his scientific work. These subjects are set by Bleuler in a more general connection of nature and culture; it can be shown that the scientific understanding of social and cultural phenomena is founded on principles which can be easily identified by looking at nature. Bleuler's position is a clear-cut deterministic and materialistic one; the crisis of the post-world-war era can be solved only by rational reasonable ethics rules of a science applied on social questions. Bleuler outlines the general importance of race hygiene; practical consequences of this position remain unaffected. Euthanasia is to be planed in certain cases of difficult and incurable disease - including also mental illness; mental deficiency as such does not legitimize a such step yet.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität Halle-Wittenberg. arnulf.moeller@medizin.uni-halle.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hell
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D044469:Racial Groups; D012940:Social Problems