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Eugenics and Human Betterment
Both hereditary environmental factors play a significant role in the development of the organisms. For better type of development both good heredity and suitable environment are necessary. When we consider the future welfare of the human race then the following two factors alarm us greatly:(i) the declining birth rate among the normal and superior people (those having best germplasm) (ii) a relative rapid increase of the abnormal and defective individuals (those having defective germplasm). For the betterment of future generation, it is necessary to increase the population of outstanding people and to decrease the population of abnormal and defective people by applying the principle of eugenics. The eugenics can be applicable by adopting following two methods:
(A) By encouraging the marriages between desirable persons (constructive method or positive eugenics).
(B) By discouraging the marriages between undesirable persons (restrictive method or negative eugenics).