The goal of eugenics is to ____
a. select the most desirable human characteristics
b. eliminate genetic disorders that reach a certain threshold in terms of their costs to individuals and society
c. produce genetically identical humans.
d. eliminate genes for abnormal behavior.
e. produce genetically perfect people.
ANSWER: a
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