Re: [DIYbio] Privately funded designer babies

Nathan the argument is one the Catholics have made.  If u have a malfunction do u throw away the child? I think they have a point.  Human beings are not animals and should have default worth, making humans a commodity in this way can be ethically dangerous.  Do not get me wrong, I would love to see it happen, just do not know how to cross the moral chasm to get there.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019, 3:13 PM Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com wrote:

Has anyone here seen this article?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612838/the-transhumanist-diy-designer-baby-funded-with-bitcoin/

It seems most of the ethicists rejecting this are working under a
government-funding framework, and since the government has a funding
ban on this sort of work, their guidelines waterfall from there.

I haven't found any good rebuttals that are specifically from a
private/industrial standpoint, at least in terms of technicalities.
Perosnally, at this point, I'm pro-choice on utilizing such a
technique... And I wonder if these ethicists/scientists who are
rejecting such ideas are simply worried about harassment ala abortion
clinic personnel, and losing their government welfare funding stream.



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