Topic: Offering eugenics as a particular solution to diseases.
Purpose: To persuade a change in policy.
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to support the study of eugenics.
Introduction
I. Coronary artery disease, stroke, lung cancer, AIDS, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, measles, Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, narcolepsy, autism, schizophrenia, dissociative identitiy disorder, intellectual development disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and much more. With eugenics, the appearance of diseases, illnesses, and disorders will significantly decrease.
II. Today, I will be persuading you to support eugenics in light of the many diseases present out there.
III. Because no one would want his/her
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While some may argue that eugenics is a safety concern, this is plainly incorrect.
f. Eugenics is not some far-fetched idea that is unregulated and is going to be implemented without any specific rules or regulations.
g. Instead, eugenics is a science.
h. It produces real knowledge and information; it can be observed and measured.
i. It can be checked and verified; it must have a desirable net worth in the scientists’ views.
j. If a particular eugenics procedure does not meet these tests and many others, then it will simply not be in use until a compromise is reached for the benefit of human society.
(Transition: Some aspects of eugenics is already possible and in motion in today’s society.)
V. In a personal interview with an AP Biology teacher at a high school, Mrs. Terra stated that a technique known as mitochondrial DNA replacement therapy replaces defective mitochondrial DNA with that from a donor, allowing the offspring to avoid devastating problems or even death.
a. The child then carries genetic material from three parents (two mothers and the father).
b. Currently, this is one of the most viable solutions to combat Mitochondrial Disease.
c. Those who argue that since Adolf Hitler and the Nazis practiced eugenics, it will always be a bad thing, are deceiving
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This is simply a logical fallacy: a mistake in reasoning.
e. A counterargument to this statement would be along the lines of how all vegetarians would be bad people because Hitler himself was a vegetarian.
f. Simply attributing a characteristic that once appeared on someone to another subject or topic is in other words, a stereotype.
g. A common axiom that many people forget is to “not judge a book by its cover.”
(Transition: Parents should be allowed to screen for diseases so that they are able to know if their unborn child will have any disease and/or disorder.)
VI. In a survey of 999 people who sought genetic counseling conducted by Feighanne Hathaway, M.S., of New York University Langone Medical Center, and colleagues, “Most were eager for a wider spectrum of prenatal genetic tests -- as long as they were for disease” (Smith).
a. In the same article, “Genetic Testing Yes, ‘Designer Babies’ No,” the three time winner of the Science and Society Journalism award of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association wrote, “A majority of respondents said they would screen for mental retardation (75%), deafness (54%), blindness (56%), heart disease (52%), and cancer (51%)”
Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aim at improving the genetic quality of the human population played a significant role in the history and culture of United States prior to its involvement in World War Two. (Wiki) Gilman is the writer of late 19th and early 20th century and during this century which is known as progressive era, Eugenics was considered a method of preserving and improving the dominant groups in the population. The idea of Eugenics was brought up by Sir Francis Galton in America. They think that by the idea of eugenics there will be a development in a society. America also made American Breeder’s Association which later on founded the Eugenics Record office, and with certain mission and, in their mission statement, they wrote: Society must protect itself; as it claims the right to deprive the murder of his life so it may also annihilate the hideous serpent of hopelessly vicious protoplasm. Here is where appropriate legislation will aid in eugenics and creating a healthier, saner society in the
It was also this case, at least in part, which led to the acceptable sterilization of thousands of Americans and around 350,000 people in Nazi Germany in 1933. While there are definitely positive uses for eugenics within today's society including healthy children and a decreased population over time which would require less resources from the planet, there seem to be an outweighing of negative results in the form of forced sterilization, breaches of human rights and an overall misuse of power which could lead to a new threat on par with Nazi Germany.
The eugenics movement started in the early 1900s and was adopted by doctors and the general public during the 1920s. The movement aimed to create a better society through the monitoring of genetic traits through selective heredity. Over time, eugenics took on two different views. Supporters of positive eugenics believed in promoting childbearing by a class who was “genetically superior.” On the contrary, proponents of negative eugenics tried to monitor society’s flaws through the sterilization of the “inferior.”
Eugenics is the future of modifying the Human body naturally with no injections or experimental drugs necessary. This could lead to the best version of the human race that has walked this planet. This could make the world all of us live in a disease free world full of healthy people. According to Biograpghy.com Eugenics got
Perkins, H.F.. A Decade of Progress in Eugenics: Scientific Papers of the Third International Congress of Eugenics. 1993 Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company.
The Nazi’s perpetrated many horrors during the Holocaust. They enacted many cruel laws. They brainwashed millions into foolishly following them and believing their every word using deceitful propaganda tactics. They forced many to suffer doing embarrassing jobs and to live in crowded ghettos. They created mobile killing squads to exterminate their enemies. Finally, as part of “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question”, they made concentration and killing camps. Another thing the Nazi’s did was to use eugenics as another mean to micromanage the population. What is eugenics, you might ask? It’s the field of scientific study or the belief in genetically improving qualities, attributes and traits in the human race and/or improving the species as a whole—usually done by controlled/selective breeding. Those with positive, desirable, and superior traits are encouraged to reproduce and may be given monetary incentives by the government to have large families. Those with negative, undesirable, or inferior traits may be discouraged from having offspring. They may be sterilized, or undergo dangerous medical procedures or operations with high mortality rates. I chose this topic because it appealed to me and seemed interesting. In the following paragraphs, the tactics, methods, and propaganda the Nazi’s used will be exposed.
The Human Genome Project is the largest scientific endeavor undertaken since the Manhattan Project, and, as with the Manhattan Project, the completion of the Human Genome Project has brought to surface many moral and ethical issues concerning the use of the knowledge gained from the project. Although genetic tests for certain diseases have been available for 15 years (Ridley, 1999), the completion of the Human Genome Project will certainly lead to an exponential increase in the number of genetic tests available. Therefore, before genetic testing becomes a routine part of a visit to a doctor's office, the two main questions at the heart of the controversy surrounding genetic testing must be addressed: When should genetic testing be used? And who should have access to the results of genetic tests? As I intend to show, genetic tests should only be used for treatable diseases, and individuals should have the freedom to decide who has access to their test results.
The concept of eugenics has to do with the belief or practice of improving the genetic quality of the human race (“Eugenics” 2010). The concept was first introduced by Francis Galton, a researcher who wished to apply Darwin’s theory of evolution to the human race. Much like many endeavors that start off with good intentions, the results of applying this concept in real life were gross crimes against humanity. The eugenics movement in the early 20th century perverted the original concept by employing morally objectionable techniques including forced sterilization, marriage restrictions, segregation, internment camps, and genocide (Black 2012). In War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, Edwin Black discusses the root of the eugenics movement in the United States of America and how this ultimately influenced the horrifying actions taken by the Nazis in pursuit of the pure Aryan race.
In today’s world, people are learning a great deal in the rapidly growing and developing fields of science and technology. Almost each day, an individual can see or hear about new discoveries and advances in these fields of study. One science that is rapidly progressing is genetic testing; a valuable science that promotes prevention efforts for genetically susceptible people and provides new strategies for disease management. Unnaturally, and morally wrong, genetic testing is a controversial science that manipulates human ethics. Although genetic testing has enormous advantages, the uncertainties of genetic testing will depreciate our quality of life, and thereby result in psychological burden, discrimination, and abortion.
At the time, Eugenics seemed like a very reasonable, intelligent thing to support. Looking back upon it today, we can see that it was flawed, unreasonable, and completely corrupt. Eugenics, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed”. The people of this movement believed that flawed qualities
Genetic testing, also known as screening, is a rapidly advancing new scientific field that can potentially revolutionize not only the world of medicine, but many aspects of our lives. Genetic screening is the sequencing of human DNA in order to discover genetic differences, anomalies, or mutations that may prove pathological. As genetic screening becomes more advanced and easily accessible, it presents society with difficult questions that must be asked about the boundaries of science and to what degree we are allowed to tamper with the human genome. To better understand the potential impact of genetic screening on our society, we must examine the potential benefits in comparison to the possible negative impact it may cause. With this knowledge in hand, we can examine what the future holds for this field of study and the best possible direction to take.
(2) Even people that don 't have any disease could be more prepare, and prevent it from developing in the future by being more aware thanks to the genetic test provided. Genetic screening is another valuable technology that could help a parent keep track of their baby 's health by examining their chromosomes. Genetic testing and screening could impact the life all patients in a positive way, therefore the opposing side should be grateful, and take advantage of this opportunities provided. For example, a person goes to genetically test themselves in a clinic, and they come to find out that they could potentially develop heart problems in the future. Now they can be more aware, and prepared. They could in many different ways like changing their diet or exercising more so they could better protect their heart, and decrease the chances of having the heart problems, like they where presented in the genetic test. What if the person didn 't know they had a chance to have problems? and start eating unhealthy foods that could likely speed up their changes of developing a heart disease. My point is that the same thing goes to those parent who want to get a update of their unborn child 's health. Many healthy mother don 't really expect that their pregnancy will bring some implications, but in
Many peoples have a very different mind on opinion on what eugenics is and if they are ethical or not. I think that eugenics is a very non-ethical thing as you start to compare humans. This often leads to holocausts such as I explained in Germany and Australia. When we start to compare and discriminate peoples we cause conflict.
He appeals to the popular concept of a “self-made man” by showing statistics as to how middle-class working men can become rich through eugenics. He proposed that eugenics would “reduce all to a perfect equality of economic condition”and “all classes would probably contribute equally” (Hamilton 298). Thus supporting the claim that the economic motivations of the time exceeded the scientific. In Back to the Future: Eugenics—A Bibliographic Essay, Cullen begins by teaches the background of eugenics as it grew from “Better Baby Contests and Fetter Family competitions at state fairs” (Cullen 165). From there eugenics emerged into society as a science and rapidly gained support from active progressives. In addition to expounding the economics of eugenics, Cullen includes its political and ideological connections. In his conclusion he says,“the eugenics movement is explained more by economic, political, and ideological motivations than by objective scientific inquiry” (Cullen 174). With this, Cullen argues that while economic motivations existed, they may not have been as prevalent as ideological or political- in addition to economic. Contrary, to the other sources, an advertisement released by “The Health Doctor”, titled “The finest thing in the world a happy healthy family” encourages eugenics through