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You have the right to reproduce sexually. The right to engineer a child through genetic manipulation is much more likely to be prohibited than protected. I ex
by rjurney 18y ago
You have the right to reproduce sexually. The right to engineer a child through genetic manipulation is much more likely to be prohibited than protected. I expect that we'll make exceptions for diseases, but I can't imagine human culture on this planet as I know it going for wholesale improvement. Not for the foreseeable future. Doesn't mean it won't happen eventually, but a dramatic change in values would have to take place because there is such a taboo associated with engineering people.
Imagine if the news broke tomorrow about a better, smarter human baby being engineered. The result would be outrage, ferocious anger and prohibition.
- Femur 18y ago>I expect that we'll make exceptions for diseases, but I can't imagine human culture on this planet as I know it going for wholesale improvement. Disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning Is downs syndrome a disease? Is autism a disease? Is Asperger's a disease? Is a learning disability a disease? Is left handedness a disease? Is laziness a disease? I think we can both agree that Downs Syndrome is a disease and that if were possible to fix via genetic manipulation we would. Other items i listed are obviously not so clear... I make the point (again) that the health and state of my child is my responsibility and choice. If i want to choose to have my child be right handed, I should be given that choice.
- rjurney 18y agoI don't think handedness is a choice you'll be given. I think choosing that will be illegal, because we don't want humanity to be engineered, and that would be the result of your policy.