Pacifism
He was an uncompromising pacifist, and spoke out against British participation in the Second World War. He also expressed eugenic views. Barnes was a key proponent of sterilisation and euthanasia in post-war Britain. He gave several eugenic-themed lectures after 1945 that gained significant newspaper coverage in the Times and the Manchester Guardian. In his latter years Barnes was thus a pacifist, religious leader and campaigner for the perceived declining cause of eugenics.
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