Eugenics and Other Evils

A collection of polemical essays examines the scientific and moral claims of eugenics and related social engineering, arguing that reliance on state-directed biology and administrative expertise endangers liberty, common sense, and individual dignity. The writer interrogates assumptions about heredity, responsibility, and mental illness, contrasts legal responses to crime and insanity, and warns against bureaucratic officialdom that reduces people to types. Through paradox, wit, and close reasoning, the essays defend ordinary moral judgment, democratic institutions, and a cautious skepticism toward technocratic solutions for complex human problems.