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Does the discovery that much of a person's ability and character is pre-determined by genes lead to a justification of eugenics?
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Does the discovery that much of a person's ability and character is pre-determined by genes lead to a justification of eugenics? At the start of the 20th century, it was the general consensus that eugenics would surely be the logical step forward, enabling man to command his own evolution in a way that was efficient and progressive. Several American states introduced sterilisation laws to allow the compulsory sterilisation of certain individuals regarded as feebleminded or morons. European countries soon followed suit including not only Nazi Germany, but Switzerland and a number of Scandinavian countries. In the 1900s, the United States had a vision that with the huge number of immigrants entering their country every day, their fine American stock was in danger of being contaminated by "inferior" genes. Anti-miscegenation laws were soon introduced and many interracial marriages were declared invalid. Eugenics is a system by which an individual's human rights are...
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