Eugenics

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

a history of Eugenics in the early 20th century. The orign of

Etymology of Eugenics

eugenics(n.)

“doctrine of progress in evolution of the human race, race-culture,” 1883, coined (along with adjective eugenic) by English scientist Francis Galton (1822–1911) on analogy of ethics, physics, etc. from Greek eugenēs “well-born, of good stock, of noble race,” from eu- “good” (see eu-) + genos “birth” (from PIE root *gene- “give birth, beget”).

The investigation of human eugenics, that is, of the conditions under which men of a high type are produced. [Galton, “Human Faculty,” 1883]

Eugenics — Etymology, Origin & Meaning

Francis Galton

How Darwin’s Work Launched Galton’s Project

Galton and Darwin were half-cousins who shared a grandfather in Erasmus Darwin. Though they had been on…