The future of eugenics

Abstract

A "free-market" approach to the genetic development of children may result in a homogenising. Parents may be inclined to choose according to models accepted by society. In this case, improving technologies will "will grant racism and homophobia an unprecedented efficacy." One concern about the obligation to produce the best child in a particular society is that social norms may be discriminatory, so that in the end, for example, most children will be boys, extremists and heterosexuals. The sequencing of the human genome can help us in human evolution, to understand diseases for direct appropriate treatment, identify mutations that cause disease, and correct them. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23389.67044

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Nicolae Sfetcu
Romanian Academy

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