Eugenics


Eugenics (from the Greek εὐγενής eugenes 'well-born' from εὖ, 'good, well' and γένος, 'race, stock, kin) is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population by excluding (through a variety of morally criticized means) certain genetic groups judged to be inferior, and promoting other genetic groups judged to be superior. The definition of eugenics has been a matter of debate since the term was coined by Francis Galton in 1883. The concept predates the term; Plato suggested applying the principles of selective breeding to humans around 400 BC. Eugenics
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War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Necessary Lies (Necessary Lies, #1)
Shutter Island
Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
Only the Beautiful
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom
Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (Volume 17) (American Crossroads)
The Lies They Told
In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
Second Glance
Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement
The Mismeasure of Man
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyDune by Frank HerbertMiddlegame by Seanan McGuireTo Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky ChambersBeggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Fiction books with eugenics
15 books — 11 voters

Killer Angel by George GrantThe Negro Project by Bruce FleuryMargaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy by Angela FranksMargaret Sanger by E. Drogin
Books Critical Of Margaret Sanger
4 books — 1 voter
The New Power of Face Reading by Rose  RosetreeRead People Deeper by Rose  RosetreeWrinkles Are God's Makeup by Rose  RosetreeI Can Read Your Face by Laura RosetreeThe Mark of the Beast, revealed by the shape of the head by Lucilla Rebecca Hedley
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104 books — 5 voters

War Against the Weak by Edwin BlackThe Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay GouldThe Orphan Conspiracies by James MorcanBetter for All the World by Harry BruiniusIn Reckless Hands by Victoria F. Nourse
Books on the Eugenics Movement
61 books — 23 voters


It is worth remembering one of the important lessons of the Buck story: a small number of zealous advocates can have an impact on the law that defies both science and conventional wisdom.
Paul A. Lombardo, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell

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