DJ Kevles - Annals of Human Genetics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library ... The other was “negative” eugenics, which meant improving the quality of the human race by eliminating or excluding biologically inferior people from the population. ... Much more was urged for negativeeugenics, notably the passage of eugenic sterilisation laws. ... Related articles - All 2 versions
[HTML] from genetics.orgEA Carlson - Genetics, 2011 - Genetics Soc America ... and Julian Huxley. Eugenics was seen as a necessary culling of “the unfit” by those who favored negativeeugenics such as Davenport and Laughlin at Cold Spring Harbor's Eugenics Record Office. The endorsements came ... Related articles - All 2 versions
D Browne - Analysis, 2011 - analysis.oxfordjournals.org ... A familiar view is that selection for therapeutic reasons ('negativeeugenics') is permissible, whereas selection for reasons of enhancement ('positive eugenics') should be prohibited. Wilkinson's analysis here is again valuable. ... All 2 versions
B Harris - History of Psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org ... Typical of the era, Gesell's Progressive vision combined social control and negativeeugenics with egalitarianism and the benevolent engineering of the environment. ... Now he preached a negativeeugenics, looking to prevent the spread of defective traits. ...
M Saunders - Social Work in Public Health, 2011 - Taylor & Francis ... Accordingly, Davenport and the eugenic community supported negativeeugenics (discourages the reproduction of persons regarded as having inferior genetic traits) to breed out the mentally incompetent, “worthless race types” and to preserve the racial purity of the country's ... Related articles - All 2 versions