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| author | lshprung <lshprung@yahoo.com> | 2020-07-13 14:13:19 -0700 |
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| committer | lshprung <lshprung@yahoo.com> | 2020-07-13 14:13:19 -0700 |
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diff --git a/07-13.md b/07-13.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ef30d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/07-13.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +[\<- 07/09](07-09.md) + +## Eugenics (w/ Review of Kantian Ethics) + +- Plato believed there should be a hierarchical society +- What are Eugenics? + - System/Program for which to create a good citizenry for a state + - The government picks who gets to reproduce and with whom + - The citizens are cogs in a machine + - There is no place for disabled people in this system + +- Kant would not agree with Plato's version of Eugenics because it involves lying + +## Ties between Plato and the Modern World + +- Sparta has a sort of Eugenics program, with the goal to conquer +- Hitler developed an Eugenics program for his Third Reich + - Modeled after the Spartan Eugenics program + - Involved a lot of people getting killed by the state +- Do we have Eugenics programs in the US? + - "Designer Babies" using a donor + - Choosing to terminate a pregnancy based on detected defects of the fetus + - Choosing to terminate a pregnancy based on gender of the fetus + - Dating sites + - Vaccines + - Sperm Bank Donation Requirements + - Gifted Program + - Performance Enhancing Drugs |