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Do you agree or disagree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics?Discussi

Explain how Darwinian concepts lead to eugenics. Use your research to justify your case.

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A good reason for why Darwin contributed to eugenics is his theory of geographic isolation. When one controls something that leads to multiples on one perfect thing. Eugenics is trying to improve the human race. Therefore, Darwins theory ofgeographic isolation can lead to the creation of a pefect species.

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Eugenics is the theory that humans can influence our own evolution, though selective breeding, or genetic enhancement. I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics because Eugenics was coined in 1883 by the British explorer and natural scientist, France Galton, who, influenced by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selective.

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I agree that Darwinism contributed to eugenics because they both have to do with change due to the environment. Also, its almost like they work with each other, Because eugenics says that species can change by adapting to its environment and the traits can be passed on which contributes to evolution, or Darwin's theory.

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I agree. If evolution happens in our environment, then the animals change because of what they adapt from the environment.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts did contribute to eugenics. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Darwin did believe this because he said that you are naturally selected to survive and if you breed with two strong survivors, you'll get an even stronger survivor. So, I do think Darwin had to do a lot with eugenics.

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I agree, Darwin had a theory of the best fit being able to survive. This leads to eugenics because if the best fit survive eugenics is the study to improve a species. Therefore, they are tied together.

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i also agree. This is because Darwin was being influenced by the situation on the voyage. Watching how slave are being treated gave him more understanding on human and life rather than just evolution.

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I agree because Darwin spread his word on his voyage and he understood more by looking at how slaves were treated. He proposed that people were lighter skin were more evolved than people with darker skin. Hitler believed that the Germans became weak. For this he used the study of eugenics to perfect the Germanic race.The Jews were disgraced the same ways as slaves and many Jews were killed.Darwin used eugenics to answer many question of evolution.

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Eugenics is the applied science or the biosocial movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population usually referring to human populations.Darwin contributed when he said that you can control something to perfected to that reason many Nazi experimented species.To perfecting species came to the mind of many scientists.

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I agree because it is influenced by the environment, therefore it changes over time.

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I agree with your agreement because they both are influenced by the environment and they both change over time. they have some similaretiy and some differences.

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I agree that it is influenced by the environment and eugenics was stated because it was influenced by Darwin's theory as well.

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both darwin and eugentics have the idea of the environment effecting the animal,they also share the idea of only the better creature may live,and the animal take certain aspects from their parents

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Darwin's concept does contribute to eugenics because. Darwin's Idea was Evolution is change over time. Eugenics is Nature having an impact on society. When nature changes a land formation Darwin's idea come into play so bird of the same species could get split up and the one species could change into something else.but its not just bird that are effected other animals and plants will change.

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Darwins concepts had to do with change over time with organisms which can also be based on the quality of the environment like whether it is wet, dry, mountain, or just like a forest. The organism adapts to its surroundings with results in the change over time. In eugenics, it is chosen with what qualities the next generation will have. This can be done by either mating two organisms who have the desired qualities, or kill the organisms that don't possess these qualities. What can be done is choosing organisms from different environments and mate them which can make a well rounded offspring. This is where the two ideas intertwine with the environment concept.

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I wouldn't say the quality of the environment because quality limits what nature can do. But the environment helps to change our characteristics and to adapt to these surrounding. for example if there is a block between species, mountain, then the time for the species to mate and produce offspring would be different due to the environment.

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I agree because eugenics is the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating). He argued that we are selected natural and that our environment helps us to improve and change our express traits. We tend to pass down our traits to our offspring. if we can't pass down these express trait then we are not consider as natural.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics because Darwin believed that animals changed or evolved over time. This could have contributed to eugenics because eugenics is when an animals trait is impacted or changed because of the environment. The fact that Darwin thought that animals slowly changed over time could have got scientists thinking about epigenetics.

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I agree Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics since his theory on evolution. Eugenics refers to the human population and how it changes over time. Evolution applies to the changes in war like WWI when there was the experimentation of certain groups. How much does Eugenics contribute to evolution?

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I agree because Darwin was influenced by the situation on the voyage by seeing how slaves were being treated and struggle between racial groups.

And also EUGENICS are influenced by the environment which then makes it change over time like Lyell influenced Darwin. And Lamarack recognized that living things changed over time so then it influenced species to change over time or involve

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Also eugenics is the study of all genetics under human control which can improve racial quality of future generations. And Darwin was influenced by the racial problems of colored people thinking that they were closer to apes because they were the same color.

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I wouldn't say that Eugenics are completely influenced by the environment but i agree that Darwins concepts have contributed to Eugenics. He based his theory on what he saw on his voyage. The slaves were being treated horribly and he concluded that they were of a lesser being and it also influenced scientists to use eugenics to create stronger and better slaves.

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But what does that have to with controlling a type of specie or race?

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The theory of eugenics is the idea of perfecting a population. Darwin's idea of evolution comes into play when they think of epigenetics and how it can affect a person over time. They know that the environment can affect a person depending on the geography and how the climate is. Darwin knew that it would take a long time to get everyone the way they wanted because evolution takes a long time.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenetics. Darwin's concepts is connected to the progresseive era ideas, which is promoted to eugenetics, scientific racism or imperialism.

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i agree with this answer because eugenics are the change for the better and he helped everyone understand the generation of evolution alot more.

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i agree, because Darwins research focused on the traits of evolution and how the environment effected the generations ahead. he found that all things change over time based on the environment around them. Isnt that what eugenics is. How things change according to the enviroment

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I AGREE BECAUSE DERWIN TAUGHT US SPECIES OF ALL LIFE HAS DESCENDED FROM OTHER BEINGS SO WITHOUT THAT CONCEPT WE WOULDN'T HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF EUGENICS HE DISCUSSED THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

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I also Agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. Darwin's concept was Evolution through Natural Selection. Natural selection is where a certain species has specific traits that make them more likely to survive in harsh conditions. With these traits, they are able to populate more than other species and slowly become the new majority within that population. If someone could somehow get these traits and give them to give them to the species without the traits surviving, good traits, they would also be more likely to survive. This is what Eugenics is. Evolution through Natural selection helped to show that certain species have better traits to survive than others. Using this concept scientist realized that they could try to "fix or enhance" other species with these better traits. Scientist later learned that they could help people "fix or enhance" their traits also.

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i agree with you. One example of Social Darwinism is the practice of eugenics, or the science of controlled reproduction for the purposes of changing the human race in accordance with some particular vision. The term was coined by Francis Galton, Darwin’s prolific cousin, and comes from a Greek word meaning “well born.” Social Darwinism says that only the organism that are fitted to the environment will survive and eugenics stated use of practices to improve the genetic composition of the human population. that means they believe people with certain disabilities should not reproduce that way the 'bad genes" were not pass in the population.

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I agree that Darwin had a theory of the strongest being able to survive. This leads to eugenics because if the strongest survive then they will live on, afterall eugenics is the study to improve a species. Darwin contributed to eugenics is his theory of geographic isolation. If a town controls one area, they get resources and things they need in that area to survive.

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I agree because Darwin only believed that the strong survived, and eugenics are basically the surviving materials that species have. Species are born with special materials that provide them with their own survival, and some are weaker than others which is what Darwin talks about.

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I do believe that Darwin helped contribute to eugenics because both of the ideas had to do with changes to the environment. The two ideas fit perfectly together because eugenics can change based on your environment and Darwin's theory is that people change based on their environment and and the traits are passed down. This is Evolution.

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I agree Darwin helped contribute to eugenics because both of the ideas had to do with changes to the environment.

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The term Eugenics was actually invented and coined by Francis Galton, a cousin of Darwin. He himself was influenced by Darwin's theory of natural selection where nature decides which animals will be living. Basically eugenics itself is the study to select which people should breed in order to make a brighter future. Eugenics is an extension to Darwinism as it tries to improve it. So, Darwinism does contribute to Eugenics.

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I agree that Darwin contributed to Eugenics because of natural selection. It shaped how and animals had from the same species that lived on different continents had different physical features and abilities

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I agree because Eugenics is the theory that humans can influence their own evolution through selective breeding or genetic enhancement. It encourages the procreation of the fittest in social Darwinism and discourages that of the unfit. On the other hand, Darwin’s theory of evolution taught that species did change as a result of natural selection, and it was well known that by artificial selection a farmer could obtain permanent breeds of plants and animals strong in particular characteristics.

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I agree with Nathan. Eugenics is influenced by evolution. The fittest is going to fit into the environment. Artificial selection and natural selection was part of Darwin's theory. Artificial selection determines the one that fits by humans, who make the decision like farmers, scientists, slave owners, and dictators. There's also the fittest one in both cases. Genetic information is passed from both either the environment or eugenics.

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Social Darwinism has been used to justify eugenics programs aimed at weeding "undesirable" genes from the population; such programs were sometimes accompanied by sterilization laws directed against "unfit" individuals. The American eugenics movement was relatively popular between about 1910-1930, during which 24 states passed sterilization laws and Congress passed a law restricting immigration from certain areas deemed to be unfit. Social Darwinist ideas, though in different forms, were also applied by the Nazi party in Germany to justify their eugenics programs.

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Among the attacks on evolution there are endlessly-repeated allegations that Darwin’s theory promotes racism, and he was somehow responsible for the eugenics movement. Darwinism had on ethics and morality. Darwinism played a role not only eugenics, but also in euthanasia, infanticide, abortion, and racial extermination, all agreed by the Nazis. He made the disturbing argument that Hitler built his view of ethics on Darwinian principles. The science and philosophy of human intervention to ensure the 'improvement' of human hereditary traits is known as Eugenics extension of Social Darwinism. (http://www.detoxorcist.com/eugenics-and-social-darwinism.html)

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Eugenics was actually invented and coined by Francis Galton, a cousin of Darwin. He himself was influenced by Darwin's theory of natural selection. Darwin's theory was what inspired Francis to invent Eugenics. Eugenics is also related to evolution. Its related to evaluation of genes

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If the Galton, the creator of Eugenics, based it on Darwinism, then surely, Darwin's concepts is contributed to eugenics as eugenics helps to future of Darwinism.

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Eugenics was NOT invented by Francis Galton, but he invented the TERM eugenics. Because eugenics have been used even before the invention of the term. What you are saying is inaccurate, when I read this, I took it that you are saying that Galton is the inventor of Eugenics.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. Eugenics is the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding. Evolution is a generation-to-generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in a population that accounts for all of the changes that have transformed life over an immense time. Darwin stated that there was evolution, fossil evidence, similarities in structure, and similarities in the development. Eugenics and evolution could change over time because of the environment and the family's gene. Darwin had a statement about natural selection. Natural selection is where natures decides who is the best fit to pass on genetic information to the offspring. Eugenics could be passed hereditary and so can evolution, They are both changed over time. Darwin's theory led to the idea of eugenics.

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I agree with Susan because she said that eugenics is the study of hereditary improvement which is kind of the same thing as change over time.

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i agree with susan that Eugenics and evolution could change over time because of the environment and the family's genes. Eugenics could be passed hereditary and so can evolution. i also agree that they are both changed over time. Darwin's theory led to the idea of eugenics.

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I agree with Susan. Evolution is a generation to generation change. Eugenics and evolution change because of the environment and the genes inherited.

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I agree because she stated the fact that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. They involved the study of hereditary improvements of the human race which Darwin covered in most of his own research.

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I agree that Darwins Concepts contributed to eugenics for many reasons. Both Eugenics and Darwins Concept have to do with change of the environment. They were both influenced by something ; Darwin by the environment around him and the slaves getting beaten up and Eugenics same thing (not including slavery) but the environment around them the world and what it had to offer. Darwins theory gave an idea of changed trait being given down from the parent to the offspring as for Eugenetics the offspring has traits given down from the parent .

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I agree with the statement that the concepts of Darwin's theory have to do with eugenics. This is because eugenics is about improvement genes and things. It also involves mating and when new things are born. So when animals mate with other animals the new born will not look the same.

This means that there was change over time and that is what Darwin's theory was change over time.

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Darwin's concepts led to eugenic in many different ways. he was influenced by his voyage and the slaves. this also shows what this all has to do with geographic isolation. all of this is impacted on by the environment. Darwin believed that animals evolve over time. they also change over time.

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i agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics because of the way it relates to his theory of geographic isolation. this explains how one specific type of organism controls how that rest are when they multiply. this connects with eugenics because they both focus on improving the human race.

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Yes, Darwin's concepts have contributed to eugenics. One of Darwin's concept; Artificial Selection is very much alike to eugenics when the subject that is being used are humans. During artificial selection, people usually select the ones that are likely to survive and last longer then the weak. Eugenics is:

"The the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities

of the human species or a human population, especially by such

means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic

defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits(negative

eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to

have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)"

-Dictionary.com

And both try to improve something of it's own species.

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Yes, i agree with you. Artificial selection and eugenics are almost the same thing. They both give you the ability to choose what traits you want the offspring to have. So Darwin's theory does contribute to eugenics.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. Both ideas have to do with the environment. Darwin and eugenics both have the idea that the environment can change organisms. Eugenics is how the enviornment can change an organism because the organism will adapt. Darwin's concept says that the environment will change the organism as long as the traits being passed down.

Darwin had a theory that things change over time. Darwin also had a theory of natural selection and survival of the best fit. Darwin's Natural Selection theory was that organisms inherit traits that help them to survive.

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I agree with the statement that Darwin’s concepts have contributed to eugenics. This is because both ideas have to do with nature and the change in our environment. Also, the discoverer of eugenics had been influenced by Darwin’s ideas. This proves that they both have to do with one another, including the belief in natural selection, selective breeding, etc.

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I agree with this because i do belevie that you made a good point about the environment. Eugenics does have traits that change do to that.

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Social Darwinism follows the mantra of "the strong survive," including human issues. This theory was used to promote the idea that the white European race was superior to others, and therefore, destined to rule. Eugenics is the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. Both contribute to survival of the fitest- one race over rules another in order to survive.

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This is very good. I like how you talked about the survival of the fittest because it's the main concept for Darwinism. However, just talk about the population in general, even though you did a nice job comparing the races which effects the environment! nice (:

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Yes, i agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to Eugenics. Eugenics is the theory that humans can influence our own evolution, through selective breeding, or genetic enhancement. Humans can choose what offspring will be produced by artificial selection. Artificial selection is when humans pick the traits an offspring can have. So, humans can influence their own evolution by artificial selection.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. I agree because the concept of social darwinism is survival of the fittest, which means only the strongest will survive. When those who can't survive depending on the environment or the scarcity of food, those will die. When those that die, because they are weak, they will not be able to reproduce which effects the population. When the population decreases it effects eugenics. Eugenics is the concept where science tries to increase the population and species, so when survival of the fittest takes place, it decreases population which therefor leads to the need to improve population which is eugenics.

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I agree, the whole idea of eugenics is so that there can ultimately be a better overall population. Also, Darwin's concept or idea was closely related to eugenics because it was the whole idea put into play.

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I agree with this because in Darwins theories the species change over time just like in eugenics where things change over time. Eugeincs is also natural and creates more of the traits that will help that specific species to live and get stronger. This natural process is similar to Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection.

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I agree with you. Natural Selection is a big form of process in Darwin's time and belief on eugenics. A lot of Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics.

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I agree with Darwin's concepts that are contributed to eugenics. Eugenics is the theory that humans can influence our own evolution, though selective breeding, or genetic enhancement. As for Darwin's theory he believes that the environment has to do with evolution and it changing over time. So Darwin's concepts and eugenics have to do with each other because they both have to do with evolution and the environment.

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I agree that Darwin's concept contributed to eugenics. Darwin's concept was that only the most fit of species could survive, meaning that they are healthy, all traits were supportive to survival, and they could reproduce offspring. Additionally, eugenics is the idea of creating a better human race by selectively breeding only the healthy humans that could reproduce with supportive traits, and to not allow any humans with deficiencies to reproduce, thus making a "perfect" human race.

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I agree with this person. Because Darwin's concepts were the most fit of species that could survive. Also the fact that it says eugenics is the idea of creating a better human race. Since people want a "perfect world" even though thats not possible because not everyone can be perfect.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts did contribute to eugenics because of his theory of evolution and natural selection. Natural selection is when nature picks what traits are needed or more likely to flourish than others. Eugenics is the possibility if qualities of a human or animal species can improve. So geographic isolation can also contribute to eugenics because if an earthquake can separate a population, depending on where the species are, different traits can affect whether or not it survives. Darwin did not teach eugenics but his research did lead to it.

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Darwin's concepts contributes because Darwinism is used to justify eugenics. It takes out the undesirable genes from the population. They supported these by sterilizing and trying to get rid of the weak links. By doing this, the biologists would hope to destroy them and surround everyone else with the strong bond, and therefor supporting eugenics.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics because they both have to go with change in to environment. Eugenics is more of a forced change on the environment; to try and improve the species rather than letting it happen naturally.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts relate to eugenics. Social Darwinism, survival of the fittest, means that only the strongest of the population will survive. Without the proper supplies, the organism will die. If there isn't a lot of food, more of the organisms will die because they can't get nutrients and basic needs to survive. With more of the population dying, there won't be more reproduction, which then decreases the population. Eugenics is the study of the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population. When survival of the fittest happens, the population decreases and it needs to be built back up to survive. Eugenics will help make the population bigger and then the population will increases until it gets back to a more normal level of organisms.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. because of Darwinism, people figured out that the animals can evolve, or change by what they effect from environment and they were curious if they can control the environment

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Humans can influence their own evolution through selective breeding or genetic enhancement. Darwin’s concepts were the most fit of species could survive; which was healthy and all traits were supportive to survival. The mechanisms of natural selection were potentially thwarted by human civilization. Francis Galton systematized the ideas and practices of his new knowledge about evolution of man and animals provided by the theory Darwin. Eugenics is superficially related to what would later be known as Social Darwinism.

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Yes, I believe Darwin's concepts did contribute to Eugenics. Darwin in his theory called "social Darwinism" said that only the strong and fit can survive in an environment. In the 1900's when Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany and head of Nazi party, he tried making a pure Aryan race. His plan consisted of killing the Jews, crippled, mentally ill, Gypsies, and other person who was not White with blond hair and blue eyes. Josef Mengele and Otmar von Verschuer ran tests on twins in the concentration camps. Even if the crippled or mentally ill were Germans, they would still be killed. His plan wanted to take out the "pests" in Germany. Adolf or at least his advisers must of heard about social Darwinism. My opinion is that they must of thought that if they can decrease the number of "pests", they can increase the strength of the Aryan race.

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I agree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and concept of the “struggle for existence,” presented in his On the Origin of Species in 1859, captivated the minds of biologists. But Darwin’s ideas also played to the dangerously receptive imaginations of certain members of Victorian society, who threw caution to the wind and hastily carried Darwinian ideals beyond the realm of basic science. Darwin, likely having realized the problems—scientific and social—arising from the study of natural selection in humans, remained decidedly focused on plants and animals, at least publicly. But his cousin Francis Galton, who by the 1860s was an established explorer and anthropologist, found the question of natural selection in humans an irresistible topic of study. So too did British philosopher Herbert Spencer, who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” just five years after Darwin’s publication.Galton introduced his own controversial idea—the theory of eugenics—in 1883. At the time, Galton was probably thinking simply in terms of science, using his theory to describe selective breeding in humans as a means to improve the fitness of the human race. However, when his theory was united with Spencer’s socially inclined concept of survival, the result was social Darwinism, a gripping theory about competition for survival among human races and social classes.

Soical Darwinism is the theory about competition for survival among human races and social classes. Eugenics stated the use of practices to improve the genetic composition of the human population. That means they believe people with certain disabilities should not reproduce that way the 'bad genes" were not pass in the population.

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I agree with that Darwin's concept contributed to eugenics. I believe this because in his concepts he discussed survival of the fittest and evolution of mankind. His discovery of Natural Selection help state the fact that people/humanity develops overtime.

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Explain how Darwinian concepts lead to eugenics. Use your research to justify your case.

Darwin's concepts lead to eugenics because both have the idea of the environment affecting the organism, forcing it to adapt to the environment. Both also have the concept of the changed traits being inherited from the parent to the offspring.

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I disagree because Darwin's concepts have to do with evolution and how things will change over time and eventually everything will be gone. Eugenics have to do with improving genetic qualities and selective breeding such as human mating or the mating of other species. To me these two definitions have nothing to do with each other which is why I disagree with the following question.

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alecob1(5) Disputed
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Some of Darwin's concepts had the idea of survival of the fittest which is pretty much what eugenics is. Eugenics does though tell that it CONTROLS the population so I'll give you that

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steanc1(6) Disputed
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I disagree with you because it shows clearly that Darwin's concepts were related to eugenics. Because Darwin did believe that the best could only survive and that could lead to controlled breeding which is eugenics.

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I agree with what he said that Darwin's concepts have to do with evolution and how things will change over time and eventually everything will be gone. Eugenics have to do with improving genetic qualities and selective breeding such as human mating or the mating of other species. This makes it seem that this statement is false.

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IMRAHM1(5) Disputed
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I disagree with you because the theory of evolution and selective breeding leads to eugenics. Geographic isolation can lead to species forming new traits in order to survive so they are forced to evolve. Eugenics is improving genetic qualities, but depending on where humans and animals live and the population, the result can differ. Population can be big and food can be small, so competition can be fierce.

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I disagree with that because eugenics does not have to do with improving genetic qualities. Eugenics is when traits are changed or influenced by the environment that an animal is in and Darwin's concepts could easily contributed to that.

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"Eugenics is the "applied science or the biosocial movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population," usually referring to human populations."- wikipedia

Here it states that eugenics is a practice that is aimed at improving the genetic composition. You are thinking of Epigenetics which is the study of the environment and how your diet and living style can affect you and possibly future generations.

Supporting Evidence: Eugenics different from Epigenetics (en.wikipedia.org)
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i think that eugenics contributed to darwins concept. he had many gaps in his theory and eugenics helped explain that.

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I disagree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics because eugenics is the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population. This is saying that eugenics is trying to improve the human race. However, Darwin believes that everything is related and that all life descended from a common ancestry.

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I agree, darwin says everything is related and all life was once one. Eugenics is the study of trying to improve the human race.

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i agree with Andrew because . He did not believe in applying his theory to manual intervention in human societies, like eugenics, and believed that man's good nature and altruism towards the weak is what made him greater than animals.

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It is often claimed by modern-day Darwinists that Darwin himself did not teach eugenics, but rather it is a perversion of his teachings, a pseudoscience that Darwin never even implied in his writings.Darwin did not argue for eugenics, ever. Not ever. You failed to note but blindly go on butchering Darwin quotes as if you have any idea what Darwin and his editors intended.

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I disagree because Darwin's theory has to do with evolution, how organisms change throughout their lives and for their future generations like how the environment changes and how they will later adapt to it. Eugenics is the improving of genes. Like artificial selection. An example of artificial selection would be with slavery. If you have one slave that is well built and strong, and yet their immune system might not be the best. Then you have another slave of the opposite sex that is also well built but has a very strong immune system then you will try to force the two to breed to then get strong, well built slaves that have strong immune systems.

So I disagree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics, because evolution through the environment is different than something like artifical selection where you choose what to keep and what to hopefully lose.

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I agree with you. Eugenics is the opposite of Darwin's concept. Also, I like the example you give about slavery to help further explain that Darwin's concept did not contribute to eugenics.

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I agree as well because natural selection is different from deciding which trait will be passed on. A certain type of species can die and remove a certain trait and increase the number of the traits from the surviving species.while we can choose is different because you can decide when which trait lives unlike having a natural event happen and eliminate a certain species.

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I disagree because Darwin studied evolution and never mentioned genetics or survival of the fittest. Eugenics came because Dalton and other scientists were inspired by evolution. They later started seeing connections with his theory and Gregor Mendel's.

Side: Disagree
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I disagree that Darwin's concepts contributed to eugenics. Darwin's concept is that organisms evolve through natural selection. Eugenics is controlling the population by manipulating what happens between reproductions so that there is a higher percentage of inheriting the desirable characteristics. Eugenics goes against Darwin's theory of natural selection. If Darwin's concept were to be contributed to eugenics, than maybe in a way that there was another easier way besides natural selection to get the desirable trait, which then would bring up the idea of eugenics. But other then that vague contribution, Darwin's concept had nothing to do with eugenics.

Side: Disagree
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I also disagree with this statement. As it was already said eugenics is the "improving of the gene" while Darwin's concept is based on change through time and generations by natural selection. Darwin's concept states how species survive and reproduce to make another generation that will later on strive to survive as well. While Eugenics "corrects" the gene by eliminating those whose traits are not needed or wanted.

Side: Disagree
sarngu1(7) Disputed
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I agree with you about eugenic improving the gene, but in a way Charles Darwin did contribute to the idea. If people hadn't realized that there were certain traits that were more helpful than other traits, then there wouldn't be a need to improve a gene at all. :)

Side: agree
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Charles Darwin himself was opposed to slavery, and did not believe in the concept of inferior races, but merely was observing the mechanism in nature that connects all life together and how species evolve. He did not believe in applying his theory to manual intervention in human societies, like eugenics, and believed that man's goood nature and altruism towards the weak is what made him greater than animals.

Side: agree