Social Origins of Eugenics
What are the origins and social implications of eugenisicm? Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, first used the term ‘Eugenics’ in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and Development published in 1883.The word Eugenics is described as ‘the science of improving the population by controlled breeding for desirable inherited characteristics’ and comes from the Greek for ‘good breeding’ or ‘good life’. Although Galton initially studied medicine, he later chose to study mathematics and he also became a fervent advocate of social policies which encouraged supposedly superior beings to have children and discouraged ‘lesser’ people from doing so. Galton first became interested in Eugenics after reading Darwin’s The Origin of Species. In the book, successful breeding is judged by the
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