Instructions. Answer all questions. Your response must be at least 125 words in length. Some discussions (like this week’s) may require more than 125 words to adequately answer the questions. Make sure you respond to three other students’ posts.
LISTEN TO ALL OF THESE AUDIO LINKS. The first two deal with the case Buck v. Bell (1927)
Eugenics and Forced Sterilization
Source Link: Hidden Brain on NPR
Buck v. Bell (1927)
Source Link: Fresh Air on NPR
These next two links come from the TED Radio Hour:
Source Link: The TED Radio Hour
1. There has been concern on the part of social scientists and others that pursuing genetic predictors of crime and violence raises the same concerns about biological determinism leveled against historical biological theories. After listening to these audio links and reading the section “Ethological and Biological Explanations of Violence” in Chapter 2, what do you think about the possibility of genetically engineering violence out of our human population? Provide examples from the audio shows to support your views and analysis.