IntroductionEugenics is the belief and practice of improving the hereditary nature of the human population. It is a social theory that advocates the change of hereditary human qualities through the advancement of a greater proliferation of individuals with desired characteristics and a decreased multiplication of individuals with less desired or unwanted attributes. It alludes to the investigation or belief in the possibility of improving the characteristics of the human species or a human population, especially by embracing various hereditary qualities or pessimistic selective breeding. Eugenics has become a problem in the modern world because of its many positive applications. Its possible results are also credited. It is worth noting that many research works have shown that eugenics causes more harm than good to the entire society. The feeling of trepidation that affects many environmentalists in line with eugenics is that of overpopulation. Keenly aware of the limited resources the planet has and the restrictions on renewable resources, there are concerns that the earth may soon reach its most extreme holding limit. Since the known First Great Transition, the earth has experienced an extraordinary increase in population. Ages later, the world is starting to experience the impacts of unplanned demographic development. Over the years, several strategies have been proposed or adopted to ensure that the Earth does not exhaust its resources. One of the most disturbing adapted solutions was the eugenics movement (Bashford & Levine, 2010). HistoryWhen small, mobile aggregations of foragers embraced an inactive lifestyle, they practiced both horticulture and animal domestication. These small gatherings of people immediately... middle of paper... Nazi Germany ended up not focusing exclusively on the Jews as they could separate any group deemed unsuitable. The Nazi practices of these groups aligned with the mentally disabled could spark disapproval of current American eugenics policies. The activities of Nazi Germany led to a reconsideration and real movement on the perspective of how eugenics should be carried out. Works Cited Bashford, A. & Levine, P. (2010). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.Black, E. (2003). War against the weak: Eugenics and the American campaign to create a master race. Four walls eight windows.Weikart, R. (2006). From Darwin to Hitler: evolutionary ethics, eugenics and racism. Palagare MacmillerKuhl, S. (2002). The Nazi Connection: The Eugenics of American Racism and German National Socialism. Oxford University Press: 2002