ARISTOGENICS 



C. WARD CRAMPTON 



Director Diagnostic Health Clinic, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital 



It is first necessary to define the term Aristogenics. 



DEFINITION 



While Eugenics and Kakogenics are generally understood to refer respec- 

 tively to considerations of good and evil in the sphere of Genetics, Aristo- 

 genics refers to the best. 



OUTLINE 



Its concern is first to define its field, second to identify the best, third to 

 seek ways of progress, and to follow them. In those respects Aristogenics 

 differs from Eugenics, as we understand it, in nothing but its ideal acuity 

 of focus. 



FIELD 



Its field first is properly confined to human affairs, for the human race 

 is the best in the sum total of various categories of merit, although by no 

 means in all, for it is surpassed by others in longevity, fidelity, organization 

 and in various minor abilities. 



THE HUMAN RACE 



On philosophical analysis, however, we have, I think, failed to demon- 

 strate the superiority of the human race to any other. Perhaps because 

 of three reasons — first, our ignorance of sound and conclusive criteria of 

 racial superiority; second, the limitations of our cognitions; and third, our 

 prejudices. 



What, after all, has the human race done except for itself, and moreover, 

 what is it for? Therefore we are thrown back upon the thesis that the 

 human race is best because we belong to it. 



Accepting this as axiom one, we must now define what is best among the 

 several qualities and characteristics of man, and who is best among men, 

 before we may proceed to study the qualities and the man, and go forward. 



For the sake of brevity, we may omit the logical processes by which we 

 may conclude that he is best who renders the best service to the human race. 



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