But the choice is very personal. There are something about me I'm OK with my kids having, something I WANT then to have, and some things that caused nothing but suffering in my life I wouldn't wish on my worse enemy.
Take the awful teen-aged acene I had. Why would I want to watch my child live with that? All the teasing shame and misery? For what "genetic diversity?" No way.
Eugenics is very scary because the last folks who advocated it were scary destructive people. But, the same can be said for Wagner's operas, the philosophy sucks but it's still nice music.
I don't think we risk losing genetic diversity. The things parents care about are two diverse, and most people still want their kids to look like them and be like them in many ways.
An athletic prowess isn't "superficial" it enhances ones ability to enjoy life. Why would I want to have a kid who's as bad at running (for example) as I am. I've made myself miserable trying to do things that I just don't have the genes for-- (like run marathons) should my child care about such things I want it to be easy for them.
I've had to deal with depression for most of my life , and that's one "negative" trait I don't really care if my kids have depression has huge benefits.
Now if you share my ideas with other people they will agree and disagree with my choices. And THATS what preserves your diversity. We need only protect those things that are often *not* present in the parent like homosexuality.
Many folks think avoid mental retardation would be fine (judging by the poll) but to really know we should talk to people with mental retardation and ask how they feel about it. The few I know are in favor of section for the same reasons I don't want to have a kid with bad acne or one who is very short or tall. On the other hand people with high function dyslexia and Asperger's often relate to their illness as I do to depression. It's has positive parts and negative parts. I think we need depressed people, dyslexia and Asperger's.
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Take the awful teen-aged acene I had. Why would I want to watch my child live with that? All the teasing shame and misery? For what "genetic diversity?" No way.
Eugenics is very scary because the last folks who advocated it were scary destructive people. But, the same can be said for Wagner's operas, the philosophy sucks but it's still nice music.
I don't think we risk losing genetic diversity. The things parents care about are two diverse, and most people still want their kids to look like them and be like them in many ways.
An athletic prowess isn't "superficial" it enhances ones ability to enjoy life. Why would I want to have a kid who's as bad at running (for example) as I am. I've made myself miserable trying to do things that I just don't have the genes for-- (like run marathons) should my child care about such things I want it to be easy for them.
I've had to deal with depression for most of my life , and that's one "negative" trait I don't really care if my kids have depression has huge benefits.
Now if you share my ideas with other people they will agree and disagree with my choices. And THATS what preserves your diversity. We need only protect those things that are often *not* present in the parent like homosexuality.
Many folks think avoid mental retardation would be fine (judging by the poll) but to really know we should talk to people with mental retardation and ask how they feel about it. The few I know are in favor of section for the same reasons I don't want to have a kid with bad acne or one who is very short or tall. On the other hand people with high function dyslexia and Asperger's often relate to their illness as I do to depression. It's has positive parts and negative parts. I think we need depressed people, dyslexia and Asperger's.