SOCIOL 3GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canada 3000, Analog Science Fiction And Fact, Pauperism
16 Oct 2016
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Mysteries of genetics unraveled by collective works of: charles darwin, gregor mendel & herbert spencer, da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slated i(cid:374)to (cid:862)su(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:448)al of the fittest(cid:863) (cid:271)y pe(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396) Spencer a political conservative philosopher: agai(cid:374)st go(cid:448)(cid:859)t fu(cid:374)ded so(cid:272)ial (cid:449)elfa(cid:396)e p(cid:396)og(cid:396)a(cid:373) go(cid:448)(cid:859)ts should (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le fo(cid:396) (cid:449)ell(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g of i(cid:374)fe(cid:396)io(cid:396) (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s of so(cid:272)iety. His ethos te(cid:396)(cid:373)ed (cid:858) o(cid:272)ial da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:859) - popula(cid:396)ity late (cid:1005)9thc: natural laws based on biology formed ideological framework for eugenics movement term 1st coined by francis galton 1883. Defined broadly as: (cid:862)the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h deals (cid:449)ith all i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es that i(cid:373)p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e the i(cid:374)(cid:271)o(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:395)ualities of (cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:863) & those that (cid:862)de(cid:448)elop the(cid:373) to the ut(cid:373)ost ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage(cid:863) Humanity weakened through congenital imperfection: more so than any other species wild or domestic. P(cid:396)o(cid:373)ote(cid:396) of (cid:449)hat (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e (cid:272)alled (cid:858)positi(cid:448)e euge(cid:374)i(cid:272)s(cid:859: promotion of rising rate of sexual reproduction among individuals with desired traits, only intellectually & morally superior should marry & breed.
