Sharp and timely study.

A short book about a big subject.

Fizzy and pugnacious little book.

Rutherford is an insider.

Rutherford focuses less on the moral debate.

Rutherford’s swift, well-written account of these fascinating scientific and moral issues is well worth a read. He avoids the big question of whether we should by arguing, persuasively, that we mostly can’t. Yet the reader is left with the suspicion that at some point...humanity will have to answer that question..

Divided into two distinct parts, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics first outlines the history of eugenics, then lays out the scientific, ethical and moral arguments against it.

Stinging study.