Eugenics Eugenics involves using principles of genetics to "improve" humankind. Though presently out of favor, the idea that this was a good thing was fairly universally accepted throughout the early part of this century.

is the specter of eugenics . The word “eugenics” connotes the ghastly racial policies of Nazism, and this accounts for much of today’s mistrust of genetic science in Germany and elsewhere. No one expects a resurrection

Gene Therapy a Form of Eugenics ?" Bioethics , 7:2/3 (April 1993) 184. "Social Policy Issues in Genome Research," Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy , 8:3 (Fall 1993) 15. "The Church and

implicit association with eugenics . By and large, religious ethical thinking is conservative, seeking to preserve the present human gene pool for the indefinite future. From this perspective, germ-line intervention triggers the sense of

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very different from fascist eugenics : e.g., racial egalitarianism, feminism, anti-feminism, Marxism, and free enterprise capitalism. Big ideas can be used, or misused, for all manner of big causes, and Darwinism - like the Bible - has been

this lead to a new form of eugenics , to selective breeding based upon personal preference and prevailing social values? What will become of human dignity in all this? The ethical question we face today is; by what criterion do we deem a

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