Eugenics

Representing Race Nazism and the influence of American eugenicism Germany was influenced by the fast paced American eugenics movement, like other countries in Europe such as France, Belgium, Sweden, and England, in where eugenicist groups strived to introduce eugenic beliefs into national life. Hitler terrorized an entire continent and exterminated million in his quest for a so-called Master Race. Yet, the blue-eyed and blonde physical traits, well sought after by eugenicists didn’t…

Himmler was not the first to regulate a section of the populations’ marital and reproductive decisions; the German Society for Race Hygiene had also implemented a marriage pledge, however, Himmler’s policy was the first to apply eugenics measures to a large group, particularly with the intention of promoting population growth. Marriage was seen as the base point for his population policies, Himmler ordering each SS officer to have at least four children, to combat Germany’s low…

have to what we would be doing if liberal eugenics was legalised. Darwinism is at the heart of this argument, that natural selection will be central for the improvement of mankind. Cross-breeding has been evident to inherently increasing survival within species, due to genetic diversity. Whereas, inbreeding is highly frowned upon due to the genetic problems associated with it. Yet, it isn't uncommon to inbreed certain species of dogs that are desirable. Eugenics applies a similar concept,…

Eugenics, or the “study of the genetic and prenatal influences that affect expression of certain characteristics in offspring.” (Ludman) Originally, eugenics was the study of selective breeding to improve the gene pool. Modern eugenics is based in studying, and perhaps someday altering, the genetic code to improve quality of life for all, specifically to have children born free of disease. “The emphasis is on the control of the genetic properties of future offspring.”(Epstein) What if all those…

In the 1920s, Pan Guangdan introduced the concept of “eugenics” in China. The formal definition of eugenics is the study of improving the qualities of the human species through inheriting desirable traits. Specifically, a few ways to ensure positive eugenics were using birth control and family planning, which are intermittently related. Larmarckian heredity, one of the two major theories of heredity, believed that external environmental factors could positively or negatively affect heredity. As…

The Eugenics Movement was integral to eliminate the part of the population that was ‘unfit’ and the negative traits. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, eugenics is best defined as “a science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed”. It is not only the purview of academics, but a social movement that peaked in the 1920s and 30s. During the Eugenics period, the American Eugenic Society was founded, and its members were…

There are two types of eugenics, negative and positive in the 1970s to the present. Negative eugenics comes with incentives, coercions, and compulsions in order to convince society that they should participate in eugenics. Negative eugenics is defined by Galton as a way to limit the fertility of the ‘undesirables’, such as the lower intelligent, the psychopaths, and the diseased. Positive eugenics insists that parts of society that have higher intelligence with a good personality, highly…

the world's largest and most successful eugenics program for more than thirty years, driving China's ever-faster rise as the global superpower. I worry that this poses some existential threat to Western civilization. Yet the most likely result is that America and Europe linger around a few hundred more years as also-rans on the world-historical stage, nursing our anti-hereditarian political correctness to the bitter end. When I learned about Chinese eugenics this summer, I was astonished that…

Eugenics, a social and philosophical movement, began with Francis Galton, who laid out the foundation of eugenics in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. The eugenics movement began to pick up momentum in the early 20th century, where the entire basis of eugenics was to encourage reproduction between those of ‘desirable traits’ and discourage reproduction between those of ‘undesirable’ traits to create a better, stronger human race. What considered traits desirable and…

selective abortion, specifically eugenic abortion which is based on genetic abnormalities…