Was Buck V. Bell Unanimous? Bell Decision Was Not Unanimous. What was the outcome of the Buck v. Bell case? The Supreme Court ruled in an eight to one decision that Carrie Buck could be legally sterilized under the Virginia Sterilization Act. The majority opinion was authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who provided
How Does Natural Selection Affect Undesirable Traits? Natural selection will eventually wipe off an undesirable trait off the gene pool because organisms with a more favorable trait will breed more, and generate more offspring, whereas an organism without this trait would be at a disadvantage, and would die off. Can natural selection cause undesirable traits?
What Is The Problem With Eugenics? The most common arguments against any attempt to either avoid a trait through germline genetic engineering or to create more children with desired traits fall into three categories: worries about the presence of force or compulsion, the imposition of arbitrary standards of perfection,4 or inequities that might arise …