Should children be genetically engineered?

I can get with using science to save a life.

But using science to make a life?

Smh.

A hundred years from now, the few people left on Earth will be living in caves. The most valuable liquid won't be oil, it will be drinkable water. We can blame the greed of technology for a lot of this, it doesn't exist to make life better, it exists to make the rich get richer.

No. I think it's wrong simply because the randomness is taken out of the equation, and children can end with genes from neither parent. The only advantage would be the possibility of removing significant defects which could affect a child from birth

I'm for it. It's so sad to have bad genes. Some people might say it's unethical, but I'm tired of the "ethical" being shitty human beings themselves with all their judgment. The ideas of right and wrong become a moot point when you realize just how awful most of the human race is. I don't see it happening in the future, but I wouldn't mind it. I would find the results interesting. A big risk would be all the people who would confront it under the illusion of being a good person, a reward would be lives that are blessed with more potential.

we humans push the envelope
it is what we do
I see the good and the bad in it
some people will go too far for sure

Not a good ideal who knows what kind of weird new viruses could develop in their bodies for one

The biggest argument in favour is where it is to avoid a know inherited genetic issue... but when draw the line? Cystic Fibrosis? Sounds good but what about addiction... hair colour... athletic prowess?

This debate sounds like that which was happening with eugenics in the early 20th century. That espoused selectively breeding humans, like we do with cattle, pigs, dogs, horses, cats etc to enhance certain traits over others.

It already happens, not on a large scale but is being done now because of a way of avoiding or fixing a few problems. It will be large scale and lead to a separation of the classes. There will be those who are smarter, healthier, taller, more good looking, olive skinned. It will be a race and class difference the likes of which we have not seen since pre historic man.

I think it's a very fascinating idea that we could eradicate disease at the genetic level .
I don't think that we need to go about building boutique humans and selecting hair and I color and other facial characteristics just because we want them .

I see a brave new world up ahead! *_*

It is not a good thing humans tinkering with humans. It is creepy.. That said it isn't killing babies outside the mothers womb...

Well that was the idea behind eugenics which has a very very dark history.

Yes, designer babies are gonna rock it!

There are circumstances under which it might actually benefit humankind, if it could remove or neutralize the genes for inherited diseases. But unfortunately people’s vanity and money would mean more superficial uses.