Difference between revisions of "Eugenics"
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| − | Eugenics is the practise of improving or altering a race through selective breeding. The [[Nazis]] were in favour of eugenics, and [[Richard Dawkins]] has recently called for society's negative view of it to be questioned. | + | Eugenics is the practise of improving or altering a race through selective breeding. The [[Nazis]] were in favour of eugenics, and [[Richard Dawkins]] has recently called for society's negative view of it to be questioned (citation needed). Human eugenics is believed to be largely biologically invalid. |
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| + | == External References == | ||
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| + | Stephen Jay Gould, "The Mismeasure of Man", W.W. Norton and Co., 1981, 1996. | ||
Revision as of 19:53, March 19, 2007
Eugenics is the practise of improving or altering a race through selective breeding. The Nazis were in favour of eugenics, and Richard Dawkins has recently called for society's negative view of it to be questioned (citation needed). Human eugenics is believed to be largely biologically invalid.
External References
Stephen Jay Gould, "The Mismeasure of Man", W.W. Norton and Co., 1981, 1996.