Eugenics and Artificial Selection

Abstract

Humanity has, since time immemorial, strived to attain perfection.
Eugenics, or attempting to control what sort of progeny one has, is
one effort towards this end. Eugenics has evolved with the times from

being imposed through coercion by society or the state to being market-
driven in the present day. Most of the parents prefer their babies to

be designed according to accepted societal norms, such as the color
of the skin, hair, eyes, and a particular gender. This design craving
may create a society where a particular color, intelligence, length, and
beauty, etc., will dominate, and soon heterogeneity will be lost. Moral
and ethical principles suggest that the focus should be on the detection
and prevention of abnormalities. This kind of manipulation is a sort of
positive eugenics. In the future, a technology will help us detect every
gene responsible for designing all body structures and organs, which
can be manipulated. However, such technology ought to be used for
detecting genetic disorders and the prevention of diseases rather than
for having designer babies. Eugenics should be used for preventing
the births of those whose lives would be a burden on themselves and
their families.