Eugenics is an inherently flawed idea. At its most basic, it sets out to do one thing: improve the human race. In a perfect world, a group of humanity’s best and brightest would get together and create a plan that would lay the foundation for a better future. With each passing generation humans would get stronger, smarter, and more altruistic. It would seem that there is no nobler cause than working to see the eugenic goal come to fruition. But eugenics is perhaps an idea conceived too early and
What is considered a pseudoscience today was once a social movement that spread in the United States before making its entrance into Nazi Germany during WW2. Based on the goal of improving genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization, eugenics separated the superior and inferior elements of society; a sure sign of lawless persecution rather than scientific genetics. Among those unlucky candidates whose lives were soon to be culled was Louis Zamperini; an accomplished
Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of biological explanations of criminal behaviour Introduction In order to answer this question, I will outline an understanding of the various criminological theories which aim to explain criminal behaviour in biological terms. A brief timeline of criminology will be provided to express the development of the biological perspective on crime from theorists such as Lombroso (19th c.) to modern biological theories. I will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of
because, as Mond states, 'God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness'. The use of polysyndeton highlights his vehement condemnation of spirituality. The World State is governed by a technocracy suppressing any element of individuality, substituting religion for soma and sex in 'Solidarity Services' and controlling, by proxy, the concept of God. The controllers pervert the ideals of Christianity: