However, Goring, funded by the British government, together with Galton used Darwin's ideas about how natural selection supports the survival of a species. Galton thought that humanity is the only b
However, Goring, funded by the British government, together with Galton used Darwin's ideas about how natural selection supports the survival of a species. Galton thought that humanity is the only b
However, Goring, funded by the British government, together with Galton used Darwin's ideas about how natural selection supports the survival of a species. Galton thought that humanity is the only biological species on Earth that evades the benevolent impact of natural selection through the development of civilization. This reduces the pressure of natural selection in human society, which, in turn, worsens the physical and mental constitution of offspring, leading to degeneration. According to Rafter, “Galton invented the term eugenics to denote efforts to breed better human beings and prevent reproduction by the unfit” (Rafter, 2020 p.237). In other words, Galton believed, that the best should choose the best as a result healthy, beautiful, gifted children will be born. Adherents of the idea believed that it was necessary to prevent the emergence of children from people with mental and