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A 3 page definition of eugenics. Traces its development from ancient times to the present. The author warns that with the introduction of new knowledge and technology, both the positives and negatives of selective breeding can be phenomenal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Eugenics is the process of selective breeding, breeding that serves to "improve" the gene pool through a concentration on certain desirable traits and the attempted elimination of less
desirable traits. Selective breeding, of course, has been employed throughout mankinds history to improve domestic stocks of animals. Eugenics, in contrast, is the deliberate modification of the human
race through selective breeding. While eugenics were practiced to some extent even in ancient times, it has gained considerable impetus in the twentieth century. In the last couple
of decades the concept of eugenics has become more of a reality with the introduction of the Human Genome Project (Lewis, 2002). Even
in our earliest history there were attempts to produce better human beings. These attempts occurred on both a societal level and an individual level. While the majority of
the worlds population made their choice of marriage partners, for example, based almost entirely on physical attraction; others made such choices based on what it was they wanted their offspring
to look like or behave like. Most often, of course, the primary consideration was race. Indeed, even in the early part of the twentieth century there were innumerable
examples of one group or another clamoring for the purification of the human race. Interbreeding between the races was regarded with horror and groups lobbied for laws to keep
that from occurring. Numerous laws were put on the books preventing interracial marriages and immigration laws were put into place in an attempt to keep the possibilities of cross
racial breeding as low as possible (Dolan DNA Learning Center, 2005). Attempts were even made to sterilize individuals that were "genetically unfit" (Dolan DNA Learning Center, 2005).
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