eugenics
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.5|1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society. Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "[[Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency", and "Marry Wisely".]]
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Eugenics was a movement that promoted the idea of improving human populations through selective breeding and heredity, as illustrated by 1930s exhibits encouraging people to "marry wisely" based on concepts of healthy versus unhealthy families. It matters because this ideology was used to justify harmful policies and discrimination, making it an important cautionary example in the history of science and social policy.
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23 sectionsContents
- Common distinctions
- As opposed to "euthenics"
- Historical eugenics
- Ancient and medieval origins
- Academic origins
- Early opposition
- Eugenic feminism
- North American eugenics
- In Mexico
- Nazism and the decline of eugenics
- In Singapore
- Modern eugenics
- Contested scientific status
- Arguments for scientific validity
- Objections to scientific validity
- Contested ethical status
- Contemporary ethical opposition
- Contemporary ethical advocacy
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
thumb|upright=1.5|1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society. Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "[[Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency", and "Marry Wisely".]]
Eugenics is a largely discredited set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter the frequency of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fertility of those considered inferior, or promoting that of those considered superior.