SOCI 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychometrics, Human Reproduction, Meteorology
Document Summary
Attempts to improve the genetic quality or stock of the human population. Especially the systematic application of genetic science to inform and manage human reproduction and shape the population"s fitness". Debates about eugenics are very much alive today. Origin of species: its effect was to demolish a multitude of dogmatic barriers by a single stroke, and to arouse a spirit of rebellion against all ancient authorities . The problem of society and natural selection. Society distorts or perhaps even reverses natural selection: The best in society breed the least. The result is a moral, political, economic and genetic burden on society that appeared likely to only get worse. Therefore, eugenicists wanted to replace a suspended system of natural selection with a scientifically researched and managed system of eugenics selection. They likened eugenics to controlled animal breeding. This vision took many different forms, but they were all sought to use genetic science to solve this perceived problem.
