Are Eugenics ever justified?
Would the world be a better place if our mates were chosen for us?
"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution" ~Slogan for the Second Internation Congress of Eugenics
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11 comments:
Removing the option to choose your own mate goes against everything natural that has happened on this earth regarding biological systems. It also removes the emotion of love from the human vocabulary, essentially, and love is a large part of what makes life worthwhile. It encourages reproduction and the enlargement of population, which in turn advances society. Without love, reproduction would turn into just another sperm/egg donation - giving to the good of the community without any personal reward. Sounds like a communist idea to me.
This idea reminds me of the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, where people had to go to mating houses once a year. However, in my opinion this would make the whole world miserable and totally take away the concept of marriage and family. But just out of curiosity, who would decide everybody's mate?
Some governing body would decide your mate. You would go before a council when you reached x age, and they would evaluate your case and decide on who you can marry and be, given who is available. The institution of marraige may disentigrate, but so would divorce and all the problems that come with that. It seems a fair trade to me.
Personally, Wolf, I don't see any problems with divorce. It's a little messy, but it doesn't really harm anyone permanently (in most cases). It is a far better option, therefore, then an autonomous selection process.
as to flook: So what if we give up those few rights, that is the point of eugenics, to breed people that are more suited to a specific job than another.
as for the divorce issue: someone is always hurt when there is a child involved.
I'm not going to read all of the comments. All I'm going to say is that eugenics are completely unjustified and stupid. It is simply a way to justify genocide. I don't think this will ever be useful, and...is having a mate planned for you in eugenics? Isn't that just arranged marriages? Do I have the full knowledge of Eugenics? Hmm...Well this post is more or less useless. Please, read on.
No appocalyptic theories, sorry.
Oooh boy...Eugenics...The idea of improving human genetic traits is actually quite appealing, especially if it means the elimination of diseases related to genetics that lead to signficant suffering. However, to get the largest opportunity for knowledge, it is best to have as much diversity as possible, which means eugenics is out of the question. If everyone in the entire world were required to selectively breed and we created something like a super race that virtually had no weaknesses, we'd eventually face a HUGE overpopulation problem (as if that's not already a concern) and probably experience more violence as more able-bodied people fought for power. And people picking our mates?? Eww!! Grody! Sorry--no scientific explanation for that. Nobody knows one better than oneself, so the only truly qualified person to select a suitable mate, at least for emotional well-being and fulfillment, is--surprise!--oneself. In this matter I'm 100% for personal choice. Eugenics has its benefits, but it also presents serious disadvantages. Yeah, blood screening is okay, incest laws fine, but no completely unrestrained eugenics for me. Please.
*Thoughtfully strokes non-existent beard.* Hmm...If you're "taking one for the team" by being forced into a relationship you're obviously discontent with, won't your negativity reflect through your behaviour and actually injure the team by your becoming unnesscarily aggressive toward people and being in a nasty mood that leads you to do regrettably evil things to others? That would be a not-so-nice team to be a part of and would not be very beneficial to mankind.
I'm gonna have to agree with the "anti-eugenics" side here. Would it really benefit our race to "play God" and improve ourselves artificially (as if we weren't already screwing up this planet's ecosystems enough...), most likely leading to experimentation with plants and animals, creating the earth after our own image of greatness. That is unimaginably scary to me. Does "dystopia" ring a bell?
This post has been removed by the authour...so quit reading. No, this is not the post. This is the message claiming that this is not a post, therefore it is not a post. What? Are you still reading? This post wouldn't have been anything useful anyways, it would just be the insane ramblings of a tired man. Thus, this post has been removed.
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