Ethical Implication of Eugenics

Introduction

This paper attempts to unfold, analyze, interpret, and to give a critique to the ancient and today’s philosophy of Eugenics. Eugenics has been a matter of debate since the time it was introduced and coined by Francis Galton up to Hitler’s regime, and world war II. Eugenics is practiced to better human society according to the arguments of those who propagate it. The question is, Is Eugenics good by itself for human race? What are the ethical implications of Eugenics? Can we condemn Eugenics and throw it away? Is there any goodness in Eugenics? These and other questions have been answered this paper. The paper comprises of a theory on eugenics, conclusion, and bibliography. The theory consists of various sections which have been orderly arranged to render a logical flow of what eugenics implies. The sections include; Historical Background of Eugenics, Eugenics Ethical Implications, Types of Eugenics which involves Positive and Negative Eugenics, and Ethical Arguments Against Eugenics.

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HEGEL’S TREATMENT OF AFRICA

INTRODUCTION

The paper presents A Critical Analysis of Hegel’s Treatment of Africa. Hegel eliminates Africa from world’s history and civilization. This assertion is found in his book; Philosophy of History. The books disrespects African’s contribution to world’s civilization. In Hegel’s understanding, history is seen as a progression of the Absolute Mind which manifests itself in man hence comes to exist in the world. In this book, Hegel indicates different stages in development of consciousness of the Spirit. He distinguishes four stages of historical world, moving from east to west; Oriental, Greek, Roman, and German, thus eliminating Africa from world’s history and civilization. This paper encompasses the following sections which has been intensively elaborated in order to show how Hegel eliminates Africa from world’s history and civilization. The first section is this paper deals with Historical Movement of World’s Civilization. The second is Hegelian Understanding of Africa where he divides it into the following; European Africa, River Region of Nile, and Africa Proper. The third section is named; Distinctive Characteristics of Africa Proper which consists of the following sub-sections; absence of reason, absence of Act of Transcendence, and Prone to Slavery. The fourth and fifth section is Conclusion and Bibliography respectively.