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| | | <center><big>'''Eugenics''' is 'the proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. It has been regarded with disfavor since the Nazi period.' </big>(Encarta on-line Dictionary) <big>However, with recent breakthroughs in genetics and molecular biology, and the subsequent advancements in biotechnolgy, the issue of eugenics may come to arise once again, only this time, in a more subtle, seductive, form.</big> |
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| <center><h3>Eugenics</h3> is 'the proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. It has been regarded with disfavor since the Nazi period.' (Encarta on-line Dictionary) However, with recent breakthroughs in genetics and molecular biology, and the subsequent advancements in biotechnolgy, the issue of eugenics may come to arise once again, only this time, in a more subtle, seductive, form. | |
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 14 November 2007
Eugenics is 'the proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. It has been regarded with disfavor since the Nazi period.' (Encarta on-line Dictionary) However, with recent breakthroughs in genetics and molecular biology, and the subsequent advancements in biotechnolgy, the issue of eugenics may come to arise once again, only this time, in a more subtle, seductive, form.
Eugenics | Eugenics and Family | People of Tomorrow | The Biotechnological Revolution | The Return of Eugenics | Causes for Concern | Conclusion - 1
