Eugenics: Diversity Beware Eugenics is a word derived from the roots of the Greek words meaning “good” and “origin‚” and originated from the author Francis Galton in the year 1869‚ in his book Hereditary Genius (Bouche and Rivard 2014). Eugenics is a form of artificial selection‚ and is the science of enhancing a population‚ specifically human populations‚ through regulated breeding of only those who are perceived to contain superior genes (Bouche and Rivard 2014). The idea behind the use of eugenics
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I was taught to marry someone that is just as intelligent as myself and we’d have intelligent kids. That idea is the more intelligent people we have in the world will help make the world a better place. Which later on brings the idea of eugenics into play. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population by controlling the human reproduction to increase desirable characteristics. Genes are unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic
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Next‚ to promote eugenics several tactics were used to attract couples into “eugenic marriages” and to have the most children possible. In fact‚ some families were even rewarded and honored for showing strong eugenic ideas. In this case we can the mention the “fitter Family Contest” which was basically competitions to determine the best eugenically fit family. Although these contests displayed the “pride and beauty” of these families‚ their main aim was to encourage more people and families to become
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Eugenics is referred to as the science of improving the human population by controlled breeding to increase the chances of desired qualities. Eugenics was intended to improve the human characteristics of those with valuable genes while discouraging the reproduction of those who possess hereditary defects. Some of the degenerative traits can be classified as mental illnesses‚ physical defects‚ inferior races‚ and even individuals who commit illegal acts. Certain states have these sterilization laws
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Eugenics has brought the idea that each person has value. The value of each person is similar to a certificate that gives you privileges over everyone who did not fit the idea of the super-race. “Eugenicists trumpeted reproduction as a means to preserve the Anglo-Saxon race‚ and‚ in turn‚ believed that the failure of eugenically fit women to reproduce would lead to the race’s demise”. (Ziegler‚ 2008) Women had to be checked by “scientists” to see if they would be classified as fit for companionship/marriage
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Eugenics has a number of issues involved such as: the procedure‚ the elimination process‚ the freedom and the constant need for “perfection”. It’s very easy to cross the line with eugenics because of the freedom it provides it almost seems limitless. Human beings have an issue with trying to perfect what doesn’t need perfecting and trying to create a perfect world‚ where no one is sick and everyone has a high IQ‚ it’s just unrealistic. The misuse of eugenics in the attempt to create a quote unquote
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Eugenics has been a controversial topic since the 1900’s‚ while most people think that the idea of eugenics originated from Nazi Germany‚ it was actually formed by English mathematician from the British Empire named Francis Galton. The concept of eugenics created by Galton was that babies had to be “good in stock‚ and hereditarily endowed with noble qualities”. In summary‚ the ideology of eugenics was to purposely engineer and create what their idea of a perfect human was with the use of genetics
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There has been a massive shift in the perception of eugenics from these events to now. Eugenics is now known as a pseudoscience with genetic science becoming more and more prevalent. Historical events‚ like those in the US and Germany were vital in making this positive shift‚ however‚ the biggest turning points are the increase of knowledge and biotechnology that is accessible‚ the change of control from the state back to the individual and a shift in the perception of those considered “unfit”.
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In Plato’s Republic‚ he suggested a state-run program of mating that assures the strengthening of his guardian class. Ever since that had philosophers start giving attention to eugenics and its value. However‚ and to be more specific‚ Eugenics in its updated version started in the 19th century by the British scientist Sir Francis Galton; the cousin of Charles Darwin. His aimed in creating better individuals by improving the human stock. Galton wanted to work on controlling the mating process and
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Eugenics‚ a science based on improving the human population and condition through selected reproduction‚ is rooted in widespread controversy and was practiced with abysmally horrid medical knowledge. Numerous issues‚ some as serious as the infamous Nazi Germany concentration camp systems‚ have surfaced across the early to mid - twentieth century‚ which serve as a constant reminder to the dangers of putting the task of bettering the human race into the wrong hands. Unfortunately‚ the science behind
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