{"id":228,"count":0,"description":"Eugenics is a movement that is aimed at improving the genetic composition of the human race.  Historically, eugenicists advocated selective breeding to achieve these goals. Today we have technologies that make it possible to more directly alter the genetic composition of an individual. However, people differ in their views on how to best (and ethically) use this technology.\r\n\r\nIn 1883, Sir Francis Galton, a respected British scholar and cousin of Charles Darwin, first used the term eugenics, meaning \u201cwell-born.\u201d Galton believed that the human race could help direct its future by selectively breeding individuals who have \u201cdesired\u201d traits. This idea was based on Galton\u2019s study of upper-class Britain.  Following these studies, Galton concluded that an elite position in society was due to good genetic makeup.\r\n\r\nThe eugenics movement in the U.S. slowly lost favor over time and was waning by the start of World War II. When the horrors of Nazi Germany became apparent, as well as Hitler\u2019s use of eugenic principles to justify the atrocities, eugenics lost all credibility as a field of study or even an idea that should be pursued.\r\n\r\nIn the US, there are contemporary scholars who have been making good strides towards setting the record straight about eugenics.","link":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/tag\/eugenics","name":"eugenics","slug":"eugenics","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}