eugenicists
Human heredity improvers
Eugenicists are advocates of eugenics—the idea that human populations can be improved through selective breeding.
The term typically carries negative connotations, evoking the forced sterilization programs and racist policies of the early twentieth century: The eugenicists who influenced American immigration law in the 1920s sought to limit "undesirable" populations.
Study of right conduct
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
forced sterilization · injustice · human rights · pseudoscience · backlash · condemnation · atrocity · violation
Units of heredity
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
phenotype · alleles · mutation · dominant · recessive · inheritance · biometrics · anthropometry
Record of descent
- stockGoods kept for sale
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
ancestry · progeny · selective breeding · sterilization · unfit · degenerate · feebleminded · fertility
Biased information for influence
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
proponent · spokesperson · crusade · movement · social Darwinism · racial hygiene · improvement · perfectibility
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
- NurembergGerman trial city
- immigration restrictionLimiting entry to country
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
- interwar period1918 to 1939
ethics
Study of right conduct
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
coercion · forced sterilization · injustice · human rights · pseudoscience · backlash · condemnation · atrocity · violation · abuse
genes
Units of heredity
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
genotype · phenotype · alleles · mutation · dominant · recessive · inheritance · biometrics · anthropometry · craniometry
pedigree
Record of descent
heredity · ancestry · progeny · selective breeding · sterilization · unfit · degenerate · feebleminded · fertility · procreation
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
doctrine · proponent · spokesperson · crusade · movement · social Darwinism · racial hygiene · improvement · perfectibility · fitness
Nazi Germany
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
- NurembergGerman trial city
- immigration restrictionLimiting entry to country
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
eugenicistshuman rights advocates
People championing inherent freedoms
egalitarians · humanists · pluralists · universalists · civil rights activists
eugenicistsbioethicists
Experts in life-science morality