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.

[PaulAllen]

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

Not exactly, genetic engineering is used more commonly on plants and whatnot simply defined as a change, while eugenics applies specifically to bettering humanity, with altruistic ideology in mind.

Personally, if we eradicated all diseases from humanity, and with world population already on the uprise and resourceful being stretched, a new generation of babies immune to everything that will live for well over a hundred years healthily probably isn't the best idea. But when you think of all the children born with Down's or physical disability that we could (theoretically) "save", it sort of adds another perspective. If you were a parent told your children was going to have some terrible malady, wouldn't you want to fix it?

[demolished]

Not exactly, genetic engineering is used more commonly on plants and whatnot simply defined as a change, while eugenics applies specifically to bettering humanity, with altruistic ideology in mind.

ok.

Personally, if we eradicated all diseases from humanity, and with world population already on the uprise and resourceful being stretched, a new generation of babies immune to everything that will live for well over a hundred years healthily probably isn't the best idea. But when you think of all the children born with Down's or physical disability that we could (theoretically) "save", it sort of adds another perspective. If you were a parent told your children was going to have some terrible malady, wouldn't you want to fix it?

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

You're missing my point. I only address the idea of designing the babies. That's what makes me sick. Curing illness and diseases is totally different from designing your babies for physical appearances.

Therefore, I do support the idea of modifying genes for medical and health purpose in certain degree. At the same time, there are side effects or if one part of the dna causes a negative chain reactions. I don't think it's even possible to easily cure every disease out there. There's risk and other things that we do not know. Really, I don't know much about the process of altering people's genes and the effects of it.

I don't think we can be immune to everything. We're not always stronger than disease, bacteria, and other infection. Don't forget that diseases/cancers/ bacterias do evolved and become stronger.

Ever wonder why soap claim to kill 99.9% bacteria? It's impossible to kill every single bacteria because they gets stronger and go through evolution. You can't completely annihilate bacteria because it's everywhere and will get stronger over time. i dont remember much about the details but you can research on that as well.

Whether we continue to find all the possible cures to all our problems, there will always be some sort of dangerous health conditions that are developing. again, bacteria becomes stronger ... which can cause cancers or diseases in different forms.