Slide 1 Slide 2 Eugenics Pursuing the Betterment of Humanity Slide 3 Defining Eugenics Originally, the idea of eugenics, “well born”, was introduced in the 1880s by Sir…

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Eugenics an effort to breed better human beings â by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good" genes and discouraging those with "bad" genes.…

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Eugenics = âwell-bornâ Francis Galton 1860s Genetic determinism. Concern about which heritable traits are spreading thru the human population. Policies to ârationallyâ…