Genetic selection
Genetics are the science related to genes and to the heredity. Genetic selection is a part of this science. It’s a way to attain the perfection that some people seek. To achieve this objective, geneticists modify some genes before the baby’s (or the embryo’s) maturation. Children will integrate better society thanks to the best of their parents’ genes because they can choose the physical, the intelligence of their babies through genetic selection.
This situation creates some debates over the ethical problems generated by genetic selection.
Therefore, we can ask ourselves: what are the impacts of genetic selection in the world.
Genetic selection has some negatives impacts. Indeed, genetic selection provoked crimes, genocides and selections by the way of eugenics. Eugenics is the practice or philosophy of controlled selective breeding of human population to improve the population’s genetic composition. For example, in United States of America, during the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th century, eugenics was considered a method of preserving and improving the dominant groups in the population; it is now generally associated with racist and nativist elements, as the movement was to some extent a reaction to a change in emigration from Europe, rather than scientific genetics. (WIKIPEDIA)This idea of eugenics was taken after by Nazi Germany during the world war II. People who are identified with congenital cognitive and physical disabilities, including prisoners, homosexual, were sterilized against their will for elimination from the chain of heredity. More than 400,000 people were sterilized against their will, while more than 70,000 were killed under a euthanasia program. This is not the only negative impact. In fact, there is also some people who will individualized eugenics. Those who use this form of selection features in their children. This may lead to the creation of babies who have the same physical, the same intelligence.
Nevertheless, this genetic selection makes better the humans resistance against diseases thanks to designer baby. Designer baby means a baby whose genes have been chosen by its parents and doctors so that it has particular characteristics. For example, some children are conceived through in vitro fertilization to ensure genetic compatibility in order to save a sibling from a terminal illness by providing an organ or cell transplant. it’s the situation of Jamie Whitaker who was conceived to heal Charlie, his brother, because he has the right DNA which be able to heal Charlie disease thanks to genetic selection which allow designer baby and in this way to put the right DNA to save people who are ill. So, we think that genetic selection is an amazing development scientific.
In conclusion, we consider genetic selection as essential advance because this selection allow to make better the humans resistance against diseases, to heal diseases thanks to designer babies despite this practice can be refused in many countries in spite of what happen in United Stats of America and during the World War II with Nazi Germany.