Eugenics : a reassessment
Richard Lynn (Author)
Lynn (psychology, U. of Ulster) defends human breeding and culling based on eight propositions, among them that certain human qualities are valuable because they provide the foundation for a nation's intellectual and cultural achievement, that such qualities are to a substantial extent genetically determined and so can be genetically improved, and that human biotechnology can be used to achieve eugenic objectives. He begins with the history of the belief, then sets out its objects and the implementation of its classical form, and describes the new eugenics. He mentions Nazi Germany briefly twice to defend its eugenics practices
ix, 366 pages : tables ; 24 cm.
9780275958220, 0275958221
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Preface: The General Theory of EugenicsHistorical IntroductionSir Francis Galton Lays the Foundation of EugenicsThe Rise and Decline of EugenicsThe Objective of EugenicsHistorical FormulationsGenetic Diseases and DisordersMental IllnessIntelligenceMental RetardationPersonalityPsychopathic PersonalityThe Implementation of Classical EugenicsThe Genetic Foundations of EugenicsThe Genetic Principles of SelectionNegative Eugenics: Provision of Information and ServicesNegative Eugenics: Incentives, Coercion, and CompulsionLicenses for ParenthoodPositive EugenicsEthical Principles of Classical EugenicsThe New EugenicsDevelopment in Human BiotechnologyEthical Issues in Human BiotechnologyThe Future of Eugenics in Democratic SocietiesThe Future of Eugenics in Authoritarian StatesThe Evolution of the Eugenic World State