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 Jul 30 2008, 11:30 PM
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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? |
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Jul 31 2008, 12:46 AM
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I dont like the idea of altering genetics.. its scary when you think that scientists are delving in so deep into our biology that they can alter it. What will be next?????
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PaulAllen Eugenics Jul 30 2008, 11:30 PM
nikx618 i think this messes up the whole cycle of nature. ... Jul 31 2008, 12:13 AM Fist QUOTEBut it can also be used to create designer ba... Jul 31 2008, 12:32 AM
nikx618 QUOTE(Fist @ Jul 30 2008, 10:32 PM) in ot... Jul 31 2008, 12:35 AM
PaulAllen QUOTE(Fist @ Jul 31 2008, 01:32 AM) In ot... Jul 31 2008, 01:13 PM Fist QUOTE(PaulAllen @ Jul 31 2008, 11:13 AM) ... Aug 2 2008, 02:32 PM coconutter I don't think it should be outlawed or anythin... Aug 3 2008, 02:11 AM Comptine You have the absolutely wrong definition of eugeni... Aug 23 2008, 05:13 PM huskar Oh well the science is still in its infamy . Once ... Sep 3 2008, 12:05 PM |
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