Eugenics Defining eugenics Improving human genetic qualities Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention Concepts in Eugenics Intelligence and social class Miscegenation racial purity Hemophilia and Huntington s Disease Genetic defects Positive vs Negative Eugenics encouraging vs restricting reproduction Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1968 Governments and Eugenics in the 20th Century Genetic screening Birth control Promotion differential birth rates Marriage restrictions Segregation racial and mentally ill Forced abortions or pregnancies Genocide Methods of Eugenics Mandatory eugenics governmentmandated Promotional voluntary eugenics suggested to the general population Private eugenics voluntary participation Basic ethical issue Pro Eugenics is a social responsibility an altruistic stance of a society meant to create healthier and more intelligent people to save resources and lessen human suffering Alexander Graham Bell George Bernard Shaw and Margaret Sanger Con Eugenics is based on pseudoscience and leads to discrimination such as in Nazi Germany Winston Churchill Is there a middle ground Eugenics Then and Now Then Focus on selective breeding Now Focus on prenatal testing and screening genetic counseling birth control in vitro fertilization and genetic engineering
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