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People who want a particular type of child.
by mousethatroared 1y ago
People who want a particular type of child.
- throwaway7783 1y agoYeah, this is throwing the baby with the bathwater. I am with you, if you are talking about "designer babies" etc. A basic Google search will tell us about studies where vast majority of Americans are okay with even gene editing, to prevent diseases, but not for performance enhancements. It is a tool, like guns, bombs and medicine.
- mousethatroared 1y agoMost Americans are OK with many things, that doesn't make them right or wrong. I'm OK with being alone, that doesn't make me right or wrong. It does mean I have courage of conviction though.
- throwaway7783 1y agoSocial norms are made when most people are okay with something. It's got nothing to do with right or wrong. Not agreeing with something maybe because of courage, cowardice, nonchalance or anything else.
- mousethatroared 1y agoSocial norms are not objective truths. Social norms include racism, sexism, antisemitism, etc. Openly disagreeing with the in-group cannot be nonchalance, almost by definition (if you don't care, why bother having an opinion?), and it can't be cowardice if the issue matters.
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- throwaway7783 1y agoIt is going to be very hard to define what is objective truth and what is not. is "people deserve to have kids" objective truth or "the inversion - kids deserve parents" the objective truth? Everything is driven by or influenced by social norms, right or wrong. I was just listing a few reason - perhaps in this case religion?