Mankind
Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Spring 2002)
pp. 231-262
Eugenics from an East Asian Perspective.
Benjamin Wong
Eugenics may be defined as the science of improving
the gene pool of a particular population through selective
breeding. This paper looks at how East Asians view
the subject of eugenics, as compared to Western Caucasian
populations. Emphasis is placed on how the East Asians'
underlying conception of family and society, their
pragmatism, and their realistic view of kinship, ethnicity
and race have rendered them more receptive to the
idea of eugenics. Viable non-coercive eugenic proposals
that have the potential of taking place in the West
in the future are discussed.
