The Lessons of Lynchburg. / Michael Ollove.
by Ollove, Michael; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 10Human Relations. Publisher: Baltimore Sun, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Eugenics | Human genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects | Social policy | Sterilization -- Eugenic | VirginiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Americans tend to overlook a time when notions of selective human breeding gained prominence in this country, and eugenics was legally sanctioned and practiced here....Today, as modern medical and genetic science makes it possible to engineer human beings, some scholars and ethicists say it's important to re-examine this chapter of the past." (BALTIMORE SUN) This article reflects upon a time in America's history when government sanctioned eugenics was practiced, providing a stark example for examination of ethical issues in genetic engineering.
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Originally Published: The Lessons of Lynchburg, May 6, 2001; pp. 6F-7F.
"Americans tend to overlook a time when notions of selective human breeding gained prominence in this country, and eugenics was legally sanctioned and practiced here....Today, as modern medical and genetic science makes it possible to engineer human beings, some scholars and ethicists say it's important to re-examine this chapter of the past." (BALTIMORE SUN) This article reflects upon a time in America's history when government sanctioned eugenics was practiced, providing a stark example for examination of ethical issues in genetic engineering.
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