{"id":17218,"date":"1922-10-01T16:41:00","date_gmt":"1922-10-02T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17218"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T00:51:36","slug":"the-evolution-of-the-conscience-in-civilised-communities-in-special-relation-to-sexual-vices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17218","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of the conscience in civilised communities: In special relation to sexual vices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R.A. Fisher<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/eugenicsrev.jpg\" alt=\"Eugenics Review\" class=\"wp-image-15644\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eugenics Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Opening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>Paper read at the International Eugenics Congress, 1921<\/em>) That the mental and moral qualities of mankind are inherited to the same extent as are the physical characters is now so firmly established that we have some difficulty in realising the opposition which early investigators encountered in establishing this fact. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Fisher RA.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC2942471\/pdf\/eugenrev00339-0045.pdf\">The evolution of the conscience in civilised communities: in special relation to sexual vices.<\/a>\u00a0 Eugen Rev. 1922 October; 14(3): 190\u2013193.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R.A. 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