How Ethical Systems Change: Eugenics, the Final Solution, Bioethics (Framing 21st Century Social Issues)

by Sheldon Ekland-Olson and Julie Beicken

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Mandatory sterilization laws enacted in dozens of states coast-to-coast and approved by the U.S. Supreme Court formed the initial pillar for what became the Final Solution. Following WWII, there was renewed interest in a more inclusive view of social worth and the autonomy of the individual. Social movements were launched to secure broad-based revisions in civil and human rights. This book is based on a hugely popular undergraduate course taught at the University of Texas, and is ideal for those interested in science-based policy, the social construction of social worth, social problems, and social movements.

This book is an excerpt from a larger text, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?, http://www.routledge.com/9780415892476/

  • ISBN13 9781136476143
  • Publish Date 23 April 2012 (first published 15 December 2011)
  • Publish Status Permanently Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 5 August 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 88
  • Language English