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*Economic Concerns
<h2>Economic Concerns</h2>


*Sociological Concerns
Embryonic Research for the medical purposes or human cloning has caused much debate in recent years.


*Philosophical Concerns




If genetic engineering were to be legalized, who would have access to this technology?




<h2>The Return of Eugenics</h2>


Embryonic Research for the medical purposes or human cloning has caused much debate in recent years.
Would there be a need for a genetic welfare democracy?


What happens when we continually treat human life in a utilitarian way?


When are Rights accorded to a human life? – Is this decision based on ability or superficial traits?
<h2>Sociological Concerns</h2>


If we assert that the lack of these traits mean a lack of humanity or a lack of worth, what are we simultaneously asserting about people who currently live with disorders that lack these abilities or traits?
Would some kind of Superhuman class be inadvertently created by the market and the already-existing disparities in wage and wealth distributions along lines of race, class, or gender?




If genetic engineering were to be legalized, who would have access to this technology?
<h2>Philosophical Concerns</h2>


Would some kind of Superhuman class be inadvertently created by the market and the already-existing disparities in wage and wealth distributions along lines of race, class, or gender?
What happens when we continually treat human life in a utilitarian way?


Would there be a need for a genetic welfare democracy?
When are Rights accorded to a human life? – Is this decision based on ability or superficial traits?


 
If we assert that the lack of these traits mean a lack of humanity or a lack of worth, what are we simultaneously asserting about people who currently live with disorders that lack these abilities or traits?
<h2>Altering Human Nature and 'The Point of No Return'</h2>
 
"Happy Slaves with a slavish happiness?" - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World




Revision as of 22:03, 21 December 2007

This second period of Eugenics has the potential to be far more harmful to mankind than the first and although much can be written about this, I will outline only some of the dangers of this new and 'improved' Eugenics.


Economic Concerns

Embryonic Research for the medical purposes or human cloning has caused much debate in recent years.


If genetic engineering were to be legalized, who would have access to this technology?


Would there be a need for a genetic welfare democracy?


Sociological Concerns

Would some kind of Superhuman class be inadvertently created by the market and the already-existing disparities in wage and wealth distributions along lines of race, class, or gender?


Philosophical Concerns

What happens when we continually treat human life in a utilitarian way?

When are Rights accorded to a human life? – Is this decision based on ability or superficial traits?

If we assert that the lack of these traits mean a lack of humanity or a lack of worth, what are we simultaneously asserting about people who currently live with disorders that lack these abilities or traits?







Eugenics | Eugenics and Family | People of Tomorrow | The Biotechnological Revolution | The Return of Eugenics | Causes for Concern | Conclusion - 1
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