eugenics• Neither Hogben nor Haldane had any objection to a biologically based eugenicsprogrammeenforced by the state in a classless society.• The medicalprofession was deeply divided over eugenics.• Ironically, some eugenicsleaders were uneasy about their alliance because they felt it could compromise their then-respectable public image.• In the United States eugenics became almost completely discredited.• She wanted a child, so we signed up for the eugenicslottery.• By the late Thirties, eugenics was waning.• After the Second World War, eugenics was superseded by genetics and micro-biology.
Origineugenics
(1800-1900)Greekeugenes“well born”, from genes“born”