POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Eugenics, Scientific Consensus, Class Discrimination
3 Mar 2016
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Framing (in context of polisci): aligning oneself to popular interests to secure victory in an argument. E. g. frame with regards to equity to support free tuition, frame with regards to middle-class subsidies to oppose free tuition. Rights of the woman vs. rights of the child. A(1): such a policy was adopted in states which the superintendent of the home for the. Feebleminded" supported it and where the influence of the roman catholic church was inadequate (whether because of recent establishment or lack of organization) to block it. A(2): the increase was because the pro-eugenic sterilization lobbyists reframed their argument and embedded sterilization not in eugenics, but in the rights of the child" in fear of population growth and for fear of welfare. Eugenics = the science of encouraging breeding among the fit" while discouraging breeding among the unfit". If one has it, it is assured that one"s offspring will have it as well.
