Weingart P
Department of Sociology and Institute for Science and Technology Studies, University of Bielefeld.
Sci Context. 1995 Spring;8(1):197-207. doi: 10.1017/s0269889700001952.
Eugenics is the paradigmatic case of the conflict between biology and medicine over social influence. Commenting on an essay by Debora Kamrat-Lang (1995), the paper reconstructs the historical roots of eugenics as a form of preventive medicine. A comparison between the development of some crucial aspects of eugenics between Germany and the United States reveals that the prevalence of the value placed on the individual over hereditary health of a population ultimately determined the outcome of the conflict but collective concepts may be revived by a new biological knowledge.
优生学是生物学与医学在社会影响方面冲突的典型案例。该论文在评论黛博拉·坎拉特 - 朗（1995年）的一篇文章时，将优生学的历史根源重构为预防医学的一种形式。德国和美国在优生学一些关键方面发展情况的比较表明，个人价值高于群体遗传健康的这种普遍观念最终决定了冲突的结果，但集体观念可能会因新的生物学知识而复苏。
