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Intent and premeditation are strong in western law, hence differences between murder and manslaughter. Consenting to a genetic experiment which then has ramific

by NamTaf 8y ago

Intent and premeditation are strong in western law, hence differences between murder and manslaughter. Consenting to a genetic experiment which then has ramifications on offspring therefore stands apart from the natural inheritance of uncontrolled genetic issues, as well as from the obverse situation where a parent does not undertake medical treatment that could possibly result in preventing inherited genetic issues. In other words, taking action to make changes is a crucial difference when compared to inaction, even if the outcomes are similar.

buboard 8y ago
of course it is not the same. but i think the argument was on the unborn baby 's rights being violated because of the genetic procedure. Also this is not a case of arbitrary experimentation, the parents ARE preventing an inherited genetic issue, which is something that so far has been ethically acceptable so far, for embryo selection.
- onetimemanytime 8y ago
  >>the parents ARE preventing an inherited genetic issue The parents THINK they ARE preventing an inherited genetic issue. I would not dare mess with "god's creation" /evolution. Too many unknowns once you start mix and matching and there's no going back. We know very little...
  - buboard 8y ago
    then you should not have children, but you should clone yourself. because your children are certainly going to be a messed up version of god's creation
    - onetimemanytime 8y ago
      >>because your children are certainly going to be a messed up version of god's creation Nope, whatever happens it's the natural way: mistakes, mix, match and all.
      - buboard 8y ago
        it seems some mistakes are more privileged than others ;)