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Once humans (and other animals) can be created without parents being involved, there will be many ethical issues. At what point do they attain human rights? At
by mcculley 5y ago
Once humans (and other animals) can be created without parents being involved, there will be many ethical issues.
At what point do they attain human rights? At conception? At "birth" from an artificial womb? What defines "human" in "human rights"? (Can they knock out a few genes and make a sentient creature that is capable of suffering but not human? We have sentient non-humans suffering in factory farms already.) How will we prevent people/corporations/governments/religions from just deciding to create a bunch of people? What does regulation look like in this inevitable future?
- throwaway482423 5y ago>At what point do they attain human rights? At conception? At "birth" from an artificial womb? This is hardly a new issue
- mcculley 5y agoThe issue is currently limited to pregnant women.