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Pope Pius XI |
4. EUGENICS
4.1 Mendel, Darwin, Galton, Nietzsche, and the Rise of Eugenics. 1.1. Mendel; 1.2. Darwin; 1.3. Galton; 1.5. Nietzsche; 1.5. US Sterilization
4.2 Pope Pius XI and the Catholic Response: Casti Conubii.
4.4. An American Admirer of the German Eugenics Program: Paul Popenoe.
4.5. Eugenics as Bad Science: Genetic Diversity
4.6. The Fallacy that Will Not Die: Modern Revivals of Eugenics.
READING:
1. Pope Pius XI, Casti Conubii,. esp. § 63-78.
2. Sofair, André N., et.al. “Eugenic Sterilization and a Qualified Nazi Analogy: The United States and Germany, 1930-1945,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Feb. 15, 2000. v. 132 no. 4, pp. 312-319.
3. Kevles, Daniel, In the Name of Eugenics, Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity, (Knopf, New York, 1985), ch.s 5-7, pp. 85-128.
4. Christine Rosen, Preaching Eugenics, Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement, (Oxford University Press, 2004).
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