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At some point you have to question the effects you have as an individual on the rest of society. The implicit axiom that "doing what's in your own best interest
by mxkopy 4y ago
At some point you have to question the effects you have as an individual on the rest of society. The implicit axiom that "doing what's in your own best interest is not unethical" clashes with the fact that this often means seeking unfair advantages or worse, normalizing them.
Eugenics at scale seems inherently unethical to me because its purpose and effects are contradictory under any moral justifications I can think of, except that which basically say "I deserve this power because I have it."
If we can't distribute a vaccine universally and equitably, we definitely can't eugenics. It will always boil down to who has the most proximity to the resources.
On the individual level the purpose of eugenics is to make your life better. But if it's done on a societal scale, then that reason becomes increasingly meaningless. It's all too often co-opted into nationalistic, corporate, or blind structures which you might not even notice as an individual.
I hope this sort of thing will be treated like high-tech weaponry, even if not weaponized. On the individual level I want the most protection possible, but I'm not allowed to get a Sherman tank, at least not very easily.