If Spartan men would have been allowed to live with their wives after marriage at any age, it would prevent a lot of bastard children from being born; this would also prevent them from killing off infants that could have made it in Spartan society. Allowing Spartans to rape women as a symbol for their masculine violence and violation is also contradicting because they have a chance of producing a child outside of wedlock, and also because they should not rape anyone especially the women of Sparta that they are trying to protect. Rape is an unacceptable act, but raping women of the nation that the Spartan warriors were trying to protect is ridiculous. They were supposed to prevent their women and children from being slaved or harmed but they were the ones harming them in order to prove masculinity. .
Babies were important to Sparta especially male babies because those babies were the future Spartans and future warriors that would protect them. When a child was born the elders would inspect the child. They would look for any flaws or deformation in the child. They would judge the baby based on the size of the body, legs, arms, and in some cases the genital area3. The bigger the body parts the better the chance for survival and the stronger the child would potentially be. If a child was found to have any problems, deformations or not meet the elder's criteria for the Spartan life style, the elders would dispose of the child. They would either kill the infant or abandon it to die on its own. The Spartans did not want individuals to reproduce children with deformations because the deformed child would probably then reproduce another deformed child and it would contaminate their population4. The Spartans also believed that the child with deformed parts would not be strong enough to fight for Sparta. Male infants were judged by height and size of body parts. The goal was to have the biggest male infants so that they would survive the military camp and also be able to fight in the military with no difficulties.
SPARTA ` From what we know about ancient Sparta, it was one of the more powerful city-states in Greece. ... Little is know about early Sparta. ... Sparta married Lacedaemon and formed the city-state Sparta. ... Lyturgos made drastic changes to Sparta. ... Sparta was in constant fear of revolt from the helots. ...
Ethical Decision Making within Eugenics Around the turn of the century, eugenics was becoming an accepted method in the attempt to breed better humans. ... Hitler's extreme use of eugenics caused the U.S. population to contemplate the morality of eugenics; however, it did not stop its use. Today, eugenics is becoming more hi-tech. Francis Galton coined the term eugenics in 1883. ... This became the turning point for hi-tech eugenics. ...
Eugenics in the United States Eugenics, by definition, is "The improving of genetic code to make better human beings (Mattox)." ... There are two forms of eugenics. The first form is known as positive eugenics. ... The other kind of eugenics, the one that generally presents problems, is negative eugenics. ... Eugenics can further be split into another two categories, these being population eugenics and individual eugenics. ...
Sparta (University of Cambridge Press, 1964), 270. ... Sparta (University of Cambridge Press, 1964), 256. ... This is Sparta's most brilliant and unique weapon. ... Sparta (University of Cambridge Press, 1964), 255. ... Sparta's Bitter Victories (University of Cornell Pr...
Sparta dominated the Peloponnesian League, which included several small ally states that were easily controlled by Sparta because of how close they were. This dominance over these smaller states rose from Sparta's massive continental army. ... The Athenian military was structured much differently than Sparta's. ... Sparta realized that they couldn't match Athens impressive navy, so Archidamus delayed the battle and worked on extending Sparta's alliances in hopes of expanding their own navy. ... Pericles overall plan was to cluster together inside the Athenian walls, pound S...
Athens and Sparta Comparative Essay The country of Greece, in 400-500 BC was led to greatness by two poli or city-states, Athens and Sparta. ... Athens outlawed debt slaves while Sparta had as many slaves as they could get. ... Women were allowed to inherit land in Sparta. ... Athens and Sparta also had completely contradictory governments. ... Sparta on the other hand had their oligarchy. ...
These factors empowered Sparta and led to the development of an authoritative and potent state. ... The government in Sparta followed a very different coarse than that of the Athenians. ... The beliefs of Sparta were oriented around the state. ... They were trained in gymnastics and taught patriotism to Sparta. ... Athens and Sparta can be compared to each other in many ways. ...
Social Darwinism and Eugenics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often seen as theories based on scientific knowledge. ... While eugenics was often loosely based on scientific theory, social Darwinism was not at all. ... " Although Eugenics may have been loosely based on scientific theory it in itself was not a scientific theory. Eugenics seems to have been a group of people using at times shaky genetics to spread fear and oppression of the lower classes. Eugenics however did not last in the United States because it left a bad taste in the mouths of scientists when ...
Sir Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin coined the word Eugenics, in 1883. ... Thus, he became the "father" of the field of Eugenics. ... Eugenics had roots that preceded recorded history: the idea of selective breeding. ... Elements of the American eugenics movement were models for the Nazis, whose adaptation of eugenics culminated in the Holocaust. The eugenics movement coincided with one of the busiest times in U.S. immigration. ...
