Imagine that you can choose what your baby would look like, what he or she could be good at and even chose its gender. But do you think all this is fair? Genetically modifying children takes away those children’s autonomy, fairness, and individuality and thus should be banned.
Autonomy is the right to self govern according to Wikipedia. So how can we steal this from our children? Well, we have the technology to make children stronger, smarter, better, and even choosing the sex of the child. If a parent decides to makeup the genes of their child the parents would be taking away the chance for the child to pick what he or she would like to be. For example, if we make a child really good at a sport, then it is likely that the parents or the child its self would be pushed to pick that sport instead of choosing what ever they really want to choose. By being pushed and influenced by others the child is losing its autonomy. Another example is that sometimes parents did not become what they wanted to become and sometimes they push their kids to do what they wanted to become, instead of letting them choose what they want. It is very wrong to think or to choose for someone that is not there.
The second question is if all this really fair. One place that this would apply would be in sports. Many athletes would be eager to make them self better and is there a reason to stop them from doing it? The only reason why they should not is because it is unfair and gives an advantage to those who are modified. Another thing is that only rich people would be able to afford this which does not give the poor any chance. Just another example how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But its not just sport it is also your intelligence. We can also make us smarter but like the sports, it is expensive. This would mean that only the rich would be the only one that would obtain it and the poor would not. The intelligence can be passed down generations, which in the future there might be to subspecies. We do not want to divide our world more than it already is.
Individuality is the thing that makes you you, but what would have if someone would steal that away from you? When a parent decides to make up a child genetically they are steal away their individuality. They are stealing the part that make them themselves and by modifying the child the parent is making what they want the child to be. In other words they are making their own children. If individuality is lost so is their way of thinking, which means that everyone would think alike and that is not good. Everyone would be a follower and no one would challenge other people’s ideas. We would also lose humanities like art and other things that make us human. Having everyone the same is not a good idea.
So think about whether you would like your kid to be genetically modified. It will help in the short run but destroy us in the long run. No one has the right to steal someone’s autonomy, fairness, and individuality. Being perfect have great consequences.
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