Eugenics is defined on the website dictionary.com as the
study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human
species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging
reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable
undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons
presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics) . Modern day applications also include trying to get rid of various heritable conditions; some of them deadly or seriously debilitating illnesses. Do your
research and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of eugenics of eugenics.
Refer to my second
blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/
Familiarize yourself
with the issue:
·
“Eugenics biology group presentation” https://prezi.com/ftgvvlerr_3_/eugenics-biology-group-presentation/
Reading material to
make notes on:
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“History of eugenics” http://knowgenetics.org/history-of-eugenics/ Make sure to click the link at the bottom of
the page for more about eugenics in the modern world and a case study.
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“Positive and negative genetic interventions” http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/bioethics/Papers/GeneBook/CH4.html
Videos to watch and make
notes on:
·
“Scientific racism, the eugenics of social
Darwinism” BBC Documentary
https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/2fs8n1/scientific_racism_the_eugenics_of_social/
·
“Eugenics movement in America: victims coming
forward” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshj9rCTPdE
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