Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics
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As eugenics is defined, it is very difficult to make a clear distinction between science (medicine, genetic engineering) and eugenics as a included field. And to set a line over which genetic engineering should not go further, according to moral, legal and religious norms. If we accept the help of genetics in finding ways to fight cancer, diabetes, or HIV, we also accept positive eugenics as they are defined now. And if we accept genetic screening, and interventions on the unborn baby, or abortion, we also implicitly accept negative eugenics. In addition, at government level, although eugenics are officially denied, it has been legalized in many countries until recently, and is still accepted and legalized, albeit in subtle forms, even these days. The section Introduction defines the term and classification modes. The section History of Eugenics follows eugenics from the ancient period, the introduction of eugenics by Francis Galton, the practice of eugenics as a state policy in various countries, and the present eugenics (liberal eugenics). I then analyze various issues raised by the Ethics of Liberal Eugenics, and I have developed a special section for the Future of Eugenics, focusing on the human genome project. Finally, in the Conclusions, I express my personal views on the current practice of eugenics.
Nicolae Sfetcu
Owner and manager with MultiMedia SRL and MultiMedia Publishing House. Project Coordinator for European Teleworking Development Romania (ETD) Member of Rotary Club Bucuresti Atheneum Cofounder and ex-president of the Mehedinti Branch of Romanian Association for Electronic Industry and Software Initiator, cofounder and president of Romanian Association for Telework and Teleactivities Member of Internet Society Initiator, cofounder and ex-president of Romanian Teleworking Society Cofounder and ex-president of the Mehedinti Branch of the General Association of Engineers in Romania Physicist engineer - Bachelor of Science (Physics, Major Nuclear Physics). Master of Philosophy.
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Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics - Nicolae Sfetcu
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Nicolae Sfetcu
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Sfetcu, Nicolae, Evolution and Ethics of Eugenics
, MultiMedia (April 1, 2019), MultiMedia Publishing (ed.), ISBN: 978-606-033-215-2, DOI: 10.58679/MM76376, URL = https://www.telework.ro/en/e-books/evolution-and-ethics-of-eugenics/
Abstract
In this article, I argue that, as eugenics is defined, it is very difficult to make a clear distinction between science (medicine, genetic engineering) and eugenics as a included field. And to set a line over which genetic engineering should not go further, according to moral, legal and religious norms. If we accept the help of genetics in finding ways to fight cancer, diabetes, or HIV, we also accept positive eugenics as they are defined now. And if we accept genetic screening, and interventions on the unborn baby, or abortion, we also implicitly accept negative eugenics. In addition, at government level, although eugenics are officially denied, it has been legalized in many countries until recently, and is still accepted and legalized, albeit in subtle forms, even these days. I used, in my work, the articles of Kenneth M. Ludmerer, "American Geneticists and the Eugenics Movement: 1905-1935, (Ludmerer 1969) Kathy J. Cooke,
Duty or Dream? Edwin G. Conklin's Critique of Eugenics and Support for American Individualism, (Cooke 2002) Jonathan Anomaly,
Defending Eugenics, (Anomaly 2017) John R. Harding Jr.
Beyond Abortion: Human Genetics and the New Eugenics, (Harding 2012) Michael Boulter,
Bloomsbury Scientists, Chapter Title:
The rise of eugenics, 1901–14, (Boulter 2017) Michael Ruse and Edward O. Wilson,
Moral Philosophy as Applied