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Philosophy in the Trenches: Reflections on The Eugenic Mind Project

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  • Part of an author-meets-critics book symposium on The Eugenic Mind Project by Robert A

  • Open access - ptpbio.org love: philosophy in the trenches his institutional home in outstanding moral obligations. It is engaged scholarship because it required building relationships with affected persons and taking responsibility for his institution’s legacy, as well as transforming Wilson’s own outlook along the way (“my perspective had shifted to that of an ally of survivors of a long-lasting eugenics program” [19]). It is socially relevant philosophy and history of science because it brings to light issues that remain salient today, especially how eugenic themes are ubiquitous in societal discourse and evinced in everyday decisions (Wilson 2018b)

  • It is interdisciplinary because to accomplish this type of analysis requires intellectual gymnastics that range over diverse domains of research: from standpoint theory and disability studies to oral history and governmental policy; from the evolutionary biology of prosociality and variation to conceptual questions about the categorization of human traits and types

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A Book Worth Reading

Robert Wilson’s The Eugenic Mind Project (Wilson 2018a) is a major achievement of engaged scholarship and socially relevant philosophy and history of science. Open access - ptpbio.org love: philosophy in the trenches his institutional home in outstanding moral obligations It is engaged scholarship because it required building relationships with affected persons and taking responsibility for his institution’s legacy, as well as transforming Wilson’s own outlook along the way (“my perspective had shifted to that of an ally of survivors of a long-lasting eugenics program” [19]). It is socially relevant philosophy and history of science because it brings to light issues that remain salient today, especially how eugenic themes are ubiquitous in societal discourse and evinced in everyday decisions (Wilson 2018b). The eugenic mindset originates from and continuously exemplifies the best of intentions

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