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Modern day science. New ventures, new technology, new ideas. Where does it all go too far?
With genetically modification already a reality in farming, a centre of controversy, how soon will it be before they start taking the same approach to humans? Designer Babies, choose their Sex, Eye and hair colour, height, build, features. Imagine that, doesn’t it disturb you? It does me.
But, doesn’t that all just seem wrong? Forget about the dangers, the advantages and the “New age glory” Doesn’t the principle, of making a human being in a way you’d like worry anyone else?
Agreed, in some cases things like choosing the sex of a child may be acceptable, like if there’s a certain disease that’ll only pass to a male child. But, apart from such cases is it right to choose the sex of a child purely on preference? Same with eye-colour and hair colour, can’t you just see these features going through “trends” just like clothe-fashion these days? Would you like to see a whole generation of blue-eyed, blonde haired children?
Screening for Genetic diseases and modifying the genes as needed could also be acceptable, scary thought, but better then for a child to be born without a genetic disease then with. But how serious can the disease be to warrant modifying? Allergies? Asthma? This too could be taken too far.
Think of the implications these could bring, only the rich would be able to afford such a thing as designer babies, given their children an upper hand in life, giving them the chance to do better then the most. The great gap between the rich and the poor will just get wider and wider as more of the rich modify their children to be a success, while the poor depend on luck. Couldn’t this almost separate the rich and poor into separate races?
Ignoring the evidence, ignoring the implications, I still think the idea of creating a child to a “design” is disturbing and wrong. The new step in science is a frightening possibility. Is this method of playing God right?
Iguana
With genetically modification already a reality in farming, a centre of controversy, how soon will it be before they start taking the same approach to humans? Designer Babies, choose their Sex, Eye and hair colour, height, build, features. Imagine that, doesn’t it disturb you? It does me.
But, doesn’t that all just seem wrong? Forget about the dangers, the advantages and the “New age glory” Doesn’t the principle, of making a human being in a way you’d like worry anyone else?
Agreed, in some cases things like choosing the sex of a child may be acceptable, like if there’s a certain disease that’ll only pass to a male child. But, apart from such cases is it right to choose the sex of a child purely on preference? Same with eye-colour and hair colour, can’t you just see these features going through “trends” just like clothe-fashion these days? Would you like to see a whole generation of blue-eyed, blonde haired children?
Screening for Genetic diseases and modifying the genes as needed could also be acceptable, scary thought, but better then for a child to be born without a genetic disease then with. But how serious can the disease be to warrant modifying? Allergies? Asthma? This too could be taken too far.
Think of the implications these could bring, only the rich would be able to afford such a thing as designer babies, given their children an upper hand in life, giving them the chance to do better then the most. The great gap between the rich and the poor will just get wider and wider as more of the rich modify their children to be a success, while the poor depend on luck. Couldn’t this almost separate the rich and poor into separate races?
Ignoring the evidence, ignoring the implications, I still think the idea of creating a child to a “design” is disturbing and wrong. The new step in science is a frightening possibility. Is this method of playing God right?
Iguana
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Just concerning designer babies: I see no problem with it all.
My reasons being in brief:
1. Choosing the sex of the baby.
In the end I think it will roughly be split 50/50. If most people could choose, I am sure they would on average choose one boy and one girl.
2. Choosing hair, eye and skin colour of the baby.
The human race is incredibly diverse. I suspect that the parents would choose a baby to match their race/racial mix. So we would not be flooded with a "blue-eyed, blonde-haired master race". Black parents see their "ideal" as black. I have no problem with that.
3. To a certain extent we have designer babies naturally anyway. We choose our partners for many reasons, but the "genetic make-up" of the person is a major factor in how we select the future mother or father of our children.
My reasons being in brief:
1. Choosing the sex of the baby.
In the end I think it will roughly be split 50/50. If most people could choose, I am sure they would on average choose one boy and one girl.
2. Choosing hair, eye and skin colour of the baby.
The human race is incredibly diverse. I suspect that the parents would choose a baby to match their race/racial mix. So we would not be flooded with a "blue-eyed, blonde-haired master race". Black parents see their "ideal" as black. I have no problem with that.
3. To a certain extent we have designer babies naturally anyway. We choose our partners for many reasons, but the "genetic make-up" of the person is a major factor in how we select the future mother or father of our children.
Modern day science. New ventures, new technology, new ideas. Where does it all go too far?
With genetically modification already a reality in farming, a centre of controversy, how soon will it be before they start taking the same approach to humans? Designer Babies, choose their Sex, Eye and hair colour, height, build, features. Imagine that, doesn’t it disturb you? It does me.
But, doesn’t that all just seem wrong? Forget about the dangers, the advantages and the “New age glory” Doesn’t the principle, of making a human being in a way you’d like worry anyone else?
Agreed, in some cases things like choosing the sex of a child may be acceptable, like if there’s a certain disease that’ll only pass to a male child. But, apart from such cases is it right to choose the sex of a child purely on preference? Same with eye-colour and hair colour, can’t you just see these features going through “trends” just like clothe-fashion these days? Would you like to see a whole generation of blue-eyed, blonde haired children?
Screening for Genetic diseases and modifying the genes as needed could also be acceptable, scary thought, but better then for a child to be born without a genetic disease then with. But how serious can the disease be to warrant modifying? Allergies? Asthma? This too could be taken too far.
Think of the implications these could bring, only the rich would be able to afford such a thing as designer babies, given their children an upper hand in life, giving them the chance to do better then the most. The great gap between the rich and the poor will just get wider and wider as more of the rich modify their children to be a success, while the poor depend on luck. Couldn’t this almost separate the rich and poor into separate races?
Ignoring the evidence, ignoring the implications, I still think the idea of creating a child to a “design” is disturbing and wrong. The new step in science is a frightening possibility. Is this method of playing God right?
Iguana
With genetically modification already a reality in farming, a centre of controversy, how soon will it be before they start taking the same approach to humans? Designer Babies, choose their Sex, Eye and hair colour, height, build, features. Imagine that, doesn’t it disturb you? It does me.
But, doesn’t that all just seem wrong? Forget about the dangers, the advantages and the “New age glory” Doesn’t the principle, of making a human being in a way you’d like worry anyone else?
Agreed, in some cases things like choosing the sex of a child may be acceptable, like if there’s a certain disease that’ll only pass to a male child. But, apart from such cases is it right to choose the sex of a child purely on preference? Same with eye-colour and hair colour, can’t you just see these features going through “trends” just like clothe-fashion these days? Would you like to see a whole generation of blue-eyed, blonde haired children?
Screening for Genetic diseases and modifying the genes as needed could also be acceptable, scary thought, but better then for a child to be born without a genetic disease then with. But how serious can the disease be to warrant modifying? Allergies? Asthma? This too could be taken too far.
Think of the implications these could bring, only the rich would be able to afford such a thing as designer babies, given their children an upper hand in life, giving them the chance to do better then the most. The great gap between the rich and the poor will just get wider and wider as more of the rich modify their children to be a success, while the poor depend on luck. Couldn’t this almost separate the rich and poor into separate races?
Ignoring the evidence, ignoring the implications, I still think the idea of creating a child to a “design” is disturbing and wrong. The new step in science is a frightening possibility. Is this method of playing God right?
Iguana
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