What do you think about Eugenics?

[paulpablo]

I was thinking that according to evolution eugenics might not be a wrong thing to do but I've always been against it,i think that every human is unique and has his own place in this world so its a wrong practice

The following paragraphs are based on what I basically think is meant by eugenics, selective breeding imposed on people.  Like saying, even if you want to breed with a certain person you can't, or even if you yourself want to breed you can't, or having forced breeding.  Natural selection is individuals following their own choices and instincts whereas eugenics is like a synthetic version of this.

Basically I think some forms of eugenics are definitely right. People being prevented from having sex with close family relations, people with disabilities that are likely to be inherited into the next generation, maybe people who are over a certain age or under a certain age.)

Some forms of eugenics are debatable.  Economic eugenics, allowing poor people to have 15 children even though they know full well that each of those children will be paid for by benefits and hand outs.  But then I think it's wrong to tell people they're too poor to breed, and some people on benefits have worked very hard in their life only it was in a unsustainable industry, they might just be unlucky and there's so many things to consider.

Some eugenics I would say is definitely wrong like forced breeding humans for traits preferable for slaves, sterilization of people based on race and things like that.

Additionally the thing about nature vs human selection is that nature has already been selecting and improving life for millions of years, there are lots of instances of humans making decisions on improving their own bodies based on desirable traits and them not turning out well.  There's often a knock on effect of having too much of what may be considered to be a desirable trait that people don't take into consideration.