I agree totally, even something like Down's isn't a setback when the parents are at a place where they can provide a happy, wonderful, loving home for the child.
Basically I don't think it should be a question of whether or not eugenics is legitimate (because scientifically proven, it is) but rather it's a question of ethics, which stretches broadly into the familial, social, and cultural realms as well as the fields of science & medicine, which can help to offset and mitigate "undesirable" traits. And THAT is what's so difficult to discuss, because we all feel so differently about things.
Is it normal to wonder if eugenics really is a pseudoscience?
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I agree totally, even something like Down's isn't a setback when the parents are at a place where they can provide a happy, wonderful, loving home for the child.
Basically I don't think it should be a question of whether or not eugenics is legitimate (because scientifically proven, it is) but rather it's a question of ethics, which stretches broadly into the familial, social, and cultural realms as well as the fields of science & medicine, which can help to offset and mitigate "undesirable" traits. And THAT is what's so difficult to discuss, because we all feel so differently about things.