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Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well' and -γενής (genḗs) 'born, come into being, growing/grown') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.
15 lis 2017 · Eugenics is the now‑discredited practice of “improving” the human race and reducing the impact of hereditary disease by mating people with desirable traits.
4 dni temu · Eugenics, the selection of desired heritable characteristics to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans. The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by British scientist Francis Galton. By World War I many scientists and political leaders supported eugenics, though it ultimately failed as a science.
5 cze 2018 · The ongoing eugenic sterilisation of people with disabilities, prisoners, poor people, people from certain racialised ethnic groups and indigenous people (especially women) affects precisely the same sorts of people explicitly targeted by eugenics before 1945.
2 lip 2014 · Eugenicists had two-fold aims: to encourage people with various desirable traits, e.g., health, intelligence, character, to reproduce together to create good births (what is known as “positive” eugenics), and to end certain diseases and disabilities by discouraging or preventing those with characteristics considered undesirable from ...
23 lis 2019 · Eugenics refers to the use of procedures like selective breeding and forced sterilization in an attempt to improve the genetic purity of the human race. Eugenicists believe that disease, disability, and “undesirable” human traits can be “bred out” of the human race.
Eugenics is the highly controversial idea that a human population could be improved by controlling who is allowed to produce children. The premise of eugenics is to ensure that only “good ...
