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Blankenbeckler Bio Sarah 102 Lab-Wed Mrs. Ward Eugenics Eugenics may seem like a new outlook on how to customize future generations of the human society but this theory has been around for centuries. Eugenics is the social philosophy that promotes the improvement of human heredity traits through various forms of intervention. This theory has been used in various forms such as selective breeding, in vitro...
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Bio Sarah 102 Lab-Wed
Mrs. Ward
Eugenics
Eugenics may seem like a new outlook on how to customize future generations of the human society but this theory has been around for centuries. Eugenics is the social philosophy that promotes the improvement of human heredity traits through various forms of intervention. This theory has been used in various forms such as selective breeding, in vitro fertilization, genetic but engineering, another aspect of this is directed more towards state-sponsored discrimination (Holocaust).
Today eugenics is used mostly for reproductive technology, and genetic engineering. Many people feel that this is societies way of creating the "designer baby".
When it comes to my own opinion of eugenics my responses vary. If it is used for reasons such as to prevent a fatal illness in a child then it
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