Genetic Modification

[Napoléon]

Now i ask you - is it wrong to 'modify' the genetics of an indivdual and tamper with them to create a new human being, one that is fundamentally different to the one which it would have been prior to the tampering?

It's not black and white.

My opinion is, that it really depends on what modifications you're making. It also depends on what you consider to be a 'benefit'.

And im sure alot of people think not , i was to hear..... why?

My guess is a lot of people have varying reasons, but it comes down eventually to that they don't think it's moral.

My personal reason for thinking it's a bit iffy is that the child has no choice in the matter.

Then again, no one gets to choose how they're born anyway. But this whole idea of tampering with genes just seems to promote eugenic ideals. Something I'm not particularly into

See more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics


Frankly though, seen as I don't believe in objective morality at all, it doesn't bother me all too much, and I am not saying I am against it per se. I just that I think it should always be done in the best interest of the child first, and humanity second. Just mho.

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Sounds like the plot to a Sci-Fi . Sounds quite good

Yeah, you could say that, but considering atrocities have already been done in the name of eugenics it's more science than fiction.