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Professor Julian Savulescu  (Source:







Savulescu posed this argument in a recent article in Reader's Digest


Source: The Telegraph

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By lifewatcher on 8/21/2012 12:29:14 PM , Rating: 2
Are we really that scared to learn to use our new abilities? Inventing the wheel, but never daring to use it, because "that damned machine will only provide us a fast ride to Hell!" Many parents would give their all to have healthy children. So many people struggle, due to genetic facts beyond their control. How can you be preaching acceptance of one's disabilities, instead of trying to cure them?
I can see how religious people would see it as blasphemy to mess with the designs of the Creator. But for the rest of us, who do not feel the urge to call someone "Lord" and bow before him, what is the excuse not to take our evolution into our own hands? Yes, mistakes will be made and things will go wrong. Every beginning is rocky. But the potential gain is immense!
All this guy is advocating is choice. As I associate choice with freedom, it'll always have my vote.
Besides, if genetic modifications gain speed somewhere, anywhere, the rest of the world will likely be forced to do the same, in order to remain relevant.

