Epilogue
Epilogue
Revaluing Lives
The epilogue analyzes some of the ways the ideologies considered in the study play out in contemporary, real-world devaluation and exploitation of nonhuman beings, old human beings, and disabled human beings. It then compares some of the logic shared by the old eugenics and the new “liberal eugenics” advocated by many contemporary philosophers. It ends by suggesting that efforts to secure human rights are not threatened by efforts to secure animal rights—that both aims should be pursued together.
Keywords: animal studies, aging, disability, eugenics, liberal eugenics, genetic enhancement
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