tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11891192.post7375246386396009358..comments2023-07-24T22:50:27.802+10:00Comments on irldexter: Future, past and present.Donalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13772533723547791668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11891192.post-34166129075124015652007-05-17T03:29:00.000+10:002007-05-17T03:29:00.000+10:00Or, find a word that describes what you mean, but ...Or, find a word that describes what you mean, but has a less pejorative history?<BR/><BR/>"Because of its normative goals and historical association with scientific racism, as well as the development of the science of genetics, the western scientific community has mostly disassociated itself from the term "eugenics", although one can find advocates of what is now known as liberal eugenics. Ideological social determinists, some of which have obtained college degrees in fields relevant to eugenics, often describe eugenics as a pseudoscience. Modern inquiries into the potential use of genetic engineering have led to an increased invocation of the history of eugenics in discussions of bioethics, most often as a cautionary tale. Some ethicists suggest that even non-coercive eugenics programs would be inherently unethical, though this view has been challenged by such thinkers as Nicholas Agar.[4]"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics" REL="nofollow">Source</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11891192.post-86236605086154042572007-05-17T02:56:00.000+10:002007-05-17T02:56:00.000+10:00I wish you'd forget eugenics, conscious or otherw...I wish you'd forget eugenics, conscious or otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com