My goal for the presentation on Eugenics was to find questions that each of you could make a connection too. Instead of going for the in depth questions pertaining the Medical Apartheid, I sought ask questions that would make you think of the big picture. The main purpose of Eugenics is artificially selecting desired traits - selective breeding. The main question of controversy I was working towards is “who determines the undesirable trait to be eliminated, and how one goes about removing it.” Lets say you decide to you want to rid of specific disease trait. Someone would have to make a dictator decision permitting an elimination of a certain population by sterilizing those with that gene. Though you are trying to make the world a healthier place you are coming exceptionally close to idea of genocide and going against the democratic ideals of the US.
Brian G
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