Difference between revisions of "Heritable"
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(an unfortunate word - which gets abused, and takes a lot of abuse) |
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Revision as of 19:18, July 20, 2007
"Heritable" means "capable of being transmitted from parent to child" - but this does not specify the means of transmission. Good values like religious faith are certainly transmitted from parent to child, but so are bad things like racism. (A song in "South Pacific" observes, "You've got to be taught to hate and fear/It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear".)