Eugenicism: Difference between revisions

Early criticism of eugenics came from the American sociologist Lester Frank Ward,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/jstor-2763324/mode/2up Eugenics, Euthenics and Eudemics] by Lester F. Ward</ref> the English writer [[File:Mondistli.png]][[Monarcho-Distributism|G.K. Chesterton]],<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eugenics_and_other_Evils Eugenics and Other Evils] by G.K. Chesterton</ref> German-American anthropologist Franz Boas,<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eugenics Eugenics by Franz Boas]</ref> and the Scottish physician Halliday Sutherland.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/BirthControlAStatement Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine Against Neo-Malthusians] by Halliday Sutherland</ref> In 1930 was officially condemned by [[File:Catheo.png]][[Catholic Theocracy|Pope Pius XI]] in his encyclical ''Casti Connubii''<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html Casti connubii] by Pope Pius XI: Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to defend the lives of the innocent, and this all the more so since those whose lives are endangered and assailed cannot defend themselves. Among whom we must mention in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb. And if the public magistrates not only do not defend them, but by their laws and ordinances betray them to death at the hands of doctors or of others, let them remember that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood which cried from earth to Heaven.</ref>

Nonetheless major action against eugenics were mainly taken only after the Second World War.

===Contemporary Eugenics ===

With the development of technologies which allow for more effective forms of genetic engineering the interest in the revival of eugenics has picked up steam in certain circles, including some [[File:Transh.png]][[Transhumanism|transhumanist]] circles. Eugenics was defended by the New Zealand proffesor of ethics Nicholas Agar in the form of what he called [[File:Libeugen.png]]''<nowiki/>'[[Liberalism|liberal]] eugenics''' in his book of the same title.<ref>[https://b-ok.cc/book/1088810/770d42 Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Advancement] by Nicholas Agar</ref> Liberal eugenics (also called ''New Eugenics'') unlike historical eugenics seeks to involve parents themselves in the process of eugenics, seeking to respect the parent's right to choose what genetic features they deem desirable for their children and to ignore the advice of eugenicists.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6096849/ Defending Eugenics] by Jonathan Anomaly</ref>

*[https://b-ok.cc/book/1088810/770d42 Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement] by Nicholas Agar