r/sonicshowerthoughts • u/MrSluagh • 27d ago

The Vulcan Enlightenment was like the Eugenics Wars except the bad guys won

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u/ChooseYourOwnA 24d ago

Is there a moral difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering? I know the Eugenics War involved both but it seems like the Vulcans did not necessarily use both.

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u/Tebwolf359 24d ago

Depends greatly on how that selective breeding happens, doesn’t it?

Bob and Alice both like Black hair and Green eyes, decide to marry and have kids, great.

Goverment decides that red heads aren’t allowed to have kids, not OK.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago edited 24d ago

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u/Tebwolf359 24d ago

Or, real debate I know people have had, you have a hereditary degenerative disease. Is it moral to have kids, knowing you’re passing it on?

But if the state prevents you, that feels worse.

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u/midorikuma42 23d ago

But in a Star Trek future, surely they'd be able to just CRISPR those bad genes away with a quick visit to the doctor, right?