Eugenics, In theory & practice Options

[PaulAllen]

Eugenics is the idea of altering human heredity to benefit people, such as genetically implementing defenses against disease. But it can also be used to create designer babies that look however you could want. There are certainly benefits and many risks. After World War II, when the Nazis' horrific eugenics program was revealed to the rest of the world, eugenics essentially dropped out of scientific vocabulary and has since become a largely ignored subject. But as science discovers more and more about genetics and how heredity works and can be altered, eugenics is possibly one of the most sensitive bioethics issues of the 21st century.

Thoughts on its allowance? Regulations and restrictions and ways of enforcing them? Altruism or playing God?

[demolished]

But it can also be used to create designer babies that look however you could want.

In other words, it's commonly known as "genetic engineering".

The idea of modifying makes me sick. It defeats the purpose of life and living if people can’t accept who they are. How could you love others when you don't love yourself? How could people like you when you don't appreciate yourself? There are many things in life that we can’t change, but we learn to accept it. Not only it disrupts nature, it makes humanity more vulnerable to depreciated flaws and degrades the values of flaws.

Flaws are what make us stronger.

[nikx618]

in other words, it's commonly known as "genetic engineering".

The idea of modifying makes me sick. It defeats the purpose of life and living if people cant accept who they are. How could you love others when you don't love yourself. how could others like you when you don't appreciate yourself? there are many things in life that we cant change, but we learn to accept it.

you put it into way better words than i did. i totally agree.