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• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m not saying that this kind of thing cannot be used for bad purposes. I’m asking the philosophical question of where our moral obligation to do everything we can to give our children the best possible life begins.

  Should we let them be born “as is”, and then have a moral obligation to do everything we can to make the best of whatever genetic baggage they have, or should we do whatever is in our power even before they’re born to give them a better shot at a good life?

  Explosives have caused enormous amounts of death, but also allowed enormous amounts of people to live in safer, more affordable houses, and have been critical for mineral extraction that essentially makes modern society possible, as well as modern transportation infrastructure. Explosives, like most technology, aren’t an inherently “evil” thing, even though they’re used for bad purposes.

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not saying that this kind of thing cannot be used for bad purposes.

    And I’m saying it will be.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But that doesn’t answer the question of whether we are morally obliged to use it for good purposes when possible. It’s just a different point entirely.

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      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sounds to me like you’re fine with collateral damage as long as you get to edit certain neurodiverse people out of the gene pool.

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