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And it set us back because we overcorrected. The biggest evil of historical eugenics was the non-consensual application, not the idea that we should improve the
by jacobr1 5y ago
And it set us back because we overcorrected. The biggest evil of historical eugenics was the non-consensual application, not the idea that we should improve the gene pool.
This thread is an interesting summary of possible "eugenics" type applications and if those surveyed consider them moral today:
https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1462824227090976772 https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1462824227090976772
- mbg721 5y agoThe Catholic Church still opposes all of those except for offering network support and feeding single mothers (in which cases it recommends generosity). I don't think that's an overcorrection; I think it's the result of thinking very hard about human dignity over many generations.