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Factsaretheonlytruth t1_jeaimh3 wrote

Its really only an ethical problem for the religious who would think this somehow goes against their god which, of course, does not exist.

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Alone-Quail4915 t1_jeaz541 wrote

Interesting, to make an absolute statement like that about a God or deity is impossible you should’ve instead said which I don’t believe does. Further implications come into play when thinking about the value of life of someone with one of those diseases and whether or not they have the same value or right to life as someone without it. Thats where the moral and ethical issues come in not necessarily because you believe in a god.

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TuvixWasMurderedR1P t1_jeb7w0l wrote

What about concerns about wealth and access to this technology, and the further implications about generating a whole biologically inferior underclass of humans in a few generations?

This feels very eugenics-y to me.

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PhysicalLobster3909 t1_jee7c3l wrote

The real question is the level of "defects" which would justify termination. Wanting to avoid debilitating diseases is a thing, doing the same for an increased probability of illness in life is another level of selection.

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VersaceEauFraiche t1_jeebve3 wrote

Much of the concerned raised against such a practice comes from those deride it as eugenics. If that is the case, what is it that those people worship?

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