This chapter explains why the eugenics agenda is so natural an outgrowth of Progressivism. The Progressives' conception of "positive" freedom, and the derivative notions of history and the positive state, was principally inspired by early nineteenth century German idealism. In stressing the primacy of the "social good" or the "general welfare" over individualism or individual rights, in short, the Progressives were, first and foremost, stressing the primacy of a new individualism over the old. The Progressives' redefinition of freedom in idealistic or "positive" terms literally transformed the Founders' theory of government, and, thereby, the principles informing the formulation of public policy in America. In embracing the idealists' conception of positive freedom, and the process of historical development or "social evolution" through which the ideal of freedom progressively unfolds, the Progressives also accepted the idea that the different races of the human family are advancing at dramatically different rates.