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ARTICLES RELATED TO Eugenics - What is eugenics? | | | |  Eugenics - What is eugenics?: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - What is eugenics?Definitions of the term vary. The term eugenics is often used to refer to a movement and social policy that was influential during the first half of the 20th century. In an historical and broader sense, eugenics can also be a study of "improving human genetic qualities". It is sometimes more broadly applied to describe any human action whose goal is to improve the gene pool. Some forms of infanticide in ancient societies, present-day reprogenetics, pre-emptive abortions and designer babies have been (somet ...
See also:Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Read more here: » Eugenics: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - What is eugenics? |
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Eugenics - Galton's theory.
Selective breeding was suggested at least as far back as Plato, who believed human reproduction should be controlled by government. He recorded these views in his famous dialogue "The Republic." "The best men must have intercourse with the best women as frequently as possible, and the opposite is true of the very inferior." Plato proposed that selection be performed by a fake lottery so people's feelings wouldn't be hurt by any awareness of selection principles. Other ancient examples include the city of Sparta's mythical practice of leaving weak babies outside of city bor ...
See also:Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Read more here: » Eugenics: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - History |
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Eugenics - Pseudoscience.
While the science of genetics has increasingly provided means by which certain characteristics and conditions can be identified and understood, given the complexity of human genetics and culture, there is no agreed objective means of determining which characteristics might be ultimately desirable or undesirable. If eugenicists claim that this can be determined by empirical investigation, they are vulnerable to the charge that their views amount to a pseudoscience, a term that refers to any field that isn't scientific but is s ...
See also:Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Read more here: » Eugenics: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - Criticism |
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Eugenics - Pseudoscience.
While the science of genetics has increasingly provided means by which certain characteristics and conditions can be identified and understood, given the complexity of human genetics and culture, there is agreed objective means of determining which characteristics might be ultimately desireable or undesireable. If eugenicists claim that this can be determined by empirical investigation, they are vulnerable to the charge that their views amount to a pseudoscience, a term that refers to any field that isn't scientific but is s ...
See also:Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Read more here: » Eugenics: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - Criticism |
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| | | | Eugenics - What is eugenics?: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Eugenics is a recurrent theme in science fiction (often dystopian) - the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley explores the theme in depth, as does the more recent (and up-to-date on the science) movie Gattaca, whose plot turns around genetic testing. Boris Vian (under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan) takes a more light-hearted approach in his novel Et on tuera tous les affreux.
Other novels touching upon the subject include The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper and That Hideous Strength by C ...
See also:Eugenics, Eugenics - What is eugenics?, Eugenics - History, Eugenics - Galton's theory, Eugenics - Eugenics and the state 1890s-1945, Eugenics - Stigmatization of eugenics in the post-Nazi years, Eugenics - Modern eugenics and genetic engineering, Eugenics - Criticism, Eugenics - Pseudoscience, Eugenics - Objectification of hereditary traits, Eugenics - Slippery slope, Eugenics - Genetic diversity, Eugenics - Counterarguments, Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture Read more here: » Eugenics: Encyclopedia II - Eugenics - Eugenics in popular culture |
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