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When applied to non-human life, the alleged benefits of eugenics goes by the names domestication, husbandry, and similar. Correct me if I am wrong because I am
by tomrod 1y ago
When applied to non-human life, the alleged benefits of eugenics goes by the names domestication, husbandry, and similar.
Correct me if I am wrong because I am absolutely not a historian. Eugenics was horrible not because we understand Mendellian genetics but because it was forced on people in the intent to allegedly "improve" a (political boundary placeholder)'s population in some way that was outright obscene, including use by Nazi Germany and many other places and regimes. US courts, etc.
I think the difference here is that the technology is not forced to be used.
- FollowingTheDao 1y agoNot all eugenicists had what they thought were Negative intentions. In the 30s the plan was to send Native Americans to the cities to to interbreed breed with white people to make white people more communal. And besides, aren’t we forcing these genetic changes onto the children without their consent?
- BEEdwards 1y agoWe force life itself on them without their consent, so ensuring they actually live past childhood seems like a package deal...
- FollowingTheDao 1y agoIs there less beauty and purpose and meaning in a child who lives for 1 month over one that lives for 80 years?
- BEEdwards 1y agoObjectively yes, I'm not even sure that's a question. I have some serious antinatalist leanings, but if one is going to live (assuming decent quality of life and what not) more life is always going to be objectively better.