Whats wrong with human genetic engineering?
Traditionally, we see human beings as inviolable, and as endowed with rights they must be accepted as they are. Human genetic engineering overthrows that basic conception, degrading human subjects into objects, to be designed according parents whim. Obvious consequences would be a disruption of parents unconditional love for children. Cloning and HE represent an unprecedented intent to determine and control a childs life trajectory; for the child, it would undermine their sense of free will and of their achievements. In conclusion, the social consequences of the use of cloning and HGE in our society would be disastrous. Parents would tend to engineer children to conform to social norms, with regard to physical ability, appearance and aptitudes, even though many of those social norms are inherently oppressive. For example, disabled people have often expressed fears that free-market eugenics would reduce societys tolerance for those genetic impairments. If genes pre-disposing people to h
