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imdfantom t1_j8cl80t wrote

First of all Eugenics works.

It all depends on how you define things.

The most general/broad definition of eugenics includes a broad set of attitudes and actions some of which are commendable, others reprehensible.

However, the word as used typically is not this general form, but specifically the Eugenics of the early 20th century that was inspired by Social Darwinism.

This form of Eugenics is both wrong and reprehensible.

So am I a Eugenicist (social darwinist variety)? I am not.

Am I a Eugenicist (In the sense that I believe that genes have profound impacts on the organisms that they contribute to, and that knowledge of these impacts can and in some cases should be used)? Sure, the devil is in the details however.

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