Lewis Wolpert called eugenics a ‘rare case of immoral science’. Why did he say so? Could the eugenics movement have been otherwise (moral)? Or was it ‘immoral’ right at the start? Defend your answer.

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Lewis Wolpert called eugenics a ‘rare case of immoral science’. Why did he say so? Could the eugenics movement have been otherwise (moral)? Or was it ‘immoral’ right at the start? Defend your answer.

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