Humanity gives eugenics a bad name because eugenics could only work in a utopia. I for one am not going to allow any government to decide if my genes are worthy of passing on even though I'd easily pass for doing so unless I have some hidden genetic issues
It need not be a role of the state. The fact that most Down's Syndrome fetuses are aborted in Europe is eugenics, even if they pretend it's not. Also it doesn't have to involve abortion. Parents could use genetic screening to decide whether to have their own children, use donor sperm/eggs for in-vitro, or adopt. Yes that would lead to "Designer Babies" and that is something society will have to grapple with, but there's a middle ground between genocide and outright encouraging dysgenics.
Lol do you seriously think any government or massive corporation would pass up the opportunity to get their hands in this immediately. This is a more slippery slope than homosexual marriage
I like to call it "selective breeding." If it's good enough for livestock, by god, it's good enough for homosap!
People selectively breed every time they choose a partner to have children with. Choosing mates for specific types of offspring makes sense. The only problem is, as you say, state-or-otherwise-enforced pairings.
Humanity gives eugenics a bad name because eugenics could only work in a utopia. I for one am not going to allow any government to decide if my genes are worthy of passing on even though I'd easily pass for doing so unless I have some hidden genetic issues
It need not be a role of the state. The fact that most Down's Syndrome fetuses are aborted in Europe is eugenics, even if they pretend it's not. Also it doesn't have to involve abortion. Parents could use genetic screening to decide whether to have their own children, use donor sperm/eggs for in-vitro, or adopt. Yes that would lead to "Designer Babies" and that is something society will have to grapple with, but there's a middle ground between genocide and outright encouraging dysgenics.
Also replying to u/ernsithe's objection.
Lol do you seriously think any government or massive corporation would pass up the opportunity to get their hands in this immediately. This is a more slippery slope than homosexual marriage
I like to call it "selective breeding." If it's good enough for livestock, by god, it's good enough for homosap!
People selectively breed every time they choose a partner to have children with. Choosing mates for specific types of offspring makes sense. The only problem is, as you say, state-or-otherwise-enforced pairings.