eugenics
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Schottenstein, an Orthodox Jew, was perplexed at the criticism that the campaign smacked of eugenics, the Nazi-embraced theory that selective reproduction can advance the human race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Treating autism as a problem that needs fixing, some claim, is eugenics.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2025
Before digging deeper, let’s examine the history of eugenics thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Some critics interpreted the ads as a play on eugenics, the discredited belief that humanity could be improved through selective breeding.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Each of Dobzhansky’s insights was a powerful plea against the misuse of genetics and human eugenics.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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