Richard J. Perry, "Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People: The Misuse and Abuse of Science in Political Discourse"
English | ISBN: 1421417510 | 2015 | 232 pages | EPUB | 400 KB
Misunderstood―or deliberately twisted―biological science leads to overheated rhetoric and bad policy.
We like to think that science always illuminates. But the disturbing persistence of the concept of biological determinism―the false idea that human behavior is genetically fixed or inherently programmed and therefore is not susceptible to rapid change―shows that scientific research and concepts can be distorted to advance an inhumane and sometimes deadly political agenda. It was biological determinism that formed the basis of the theory of eugenics, which in turn led to the forced sterilization of "misfits" and the creation of Nazi death camps.
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