In America, there's a lot of support for the idea of equality of opportunity. But i'm less interested in equalizing everyone's likelihood of getting a phd. I am interested in a society in which there aren't strong bottle nek two and people can get through through lots of different ways. What we're equalizing is being in relationships of dignity with one another. No one needs to be carried around the building. Do you y to participate in the economy? The ability to participate in public life. That is the sort of equity that is often lost in our conversations about equality. So that's the kind of more radical reimagining and suggesting in this book.
The subject of genetic inheritance provokes passionate debate but behavioural geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden believes both sides are getting it wrong. It’s possible, she argues, to reclaim the science of genetics while avoiding the trap of categorising traits as superior or inferior. Drawing from her new book, The Genetic Lottery, Harden shares her research uncovered as head of the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab at University Texas with Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic.
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