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Eugenics — is the self direction of human evolution : Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference, 1921, depicting Eugenics as a tree which unites a variety of different fields.[1] Eugenics is the applied science or the bio social movement which… … Wikipedia
Eugenics in Japan — Eugenics in Shōwa Japan was an outgrowth of the worldwide eugenics movement of the early 20th century. Legal measures were supported by certain politicians and movements that sought to increase the number of healthy Japanese, while simultaneously … Wikipedia
Eugenics — • Eugenics literally means good breeding . It is defined as the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
eugenics — /yooh jen iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, esp. by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or… … Universalium
Eugenics society — A eugenics society was a society formed to promote the idea of eugenics. In particular, the two best known were the British Eugenics Society and the American Eugenics Society, though smaller ones were also at universities such as the Cambridge… … Wikipedia
Eugenics Record Office — The Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, New York was a center for eugenics and human heredity research in the first half of the twentieth century. Both its founder, Charles Benedict Davenport, and its… … Wikipedia
Nazi eugenics — were Nazi Germany s racially based social policies that placed the improvement of the Aryan race through eugenics at the center of their concerns. Those humans were targeted that they identified as life unworthy of life (German: Lebensunwertes… … Wikipedia
Liberal eugenics — is an ideology which advocates the use of reproductive and genetic technologies where the choice of enhancing human characteristics and capacities is left to the individual preferences of parents acting as consumers, rather than the public health … Wikipedia
Nuremberg Laws — For the set of research ethics principles for human experimentation, see Nuremberg Code. The Holocaust … Wikipedia
International Eugenics Conference — Three International Eugenics Conferences took place between 1912 and 1932 and were the global venue for scientists, politicians, and social leaders to plan and discuss the application of programs to improve human heredity in the early twentieth… … Wikipedia
