Causes for Concern
This second period of Eugenics has the potential to be far more harmful to mankind than the first. The following causes for concern follow the three stages mentioned earlier in the Return of Eugenics. Each general concern only becomes worse as another stage is entered.
Stage 1
Increased Difficulty in Predicting Side Effects
Potentially Worse and More Complicated Negative Side Effects
Stage 2
The Blurry Line and Negative Externalities
Let the Competition Begin!
Stage 3
Humans? What humans?
If genetic engineering were to be legalized, who would have access to this technology?
Would there be a need for a genetic welfare democracy?
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?
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?
