As I sat in the gym reading chapter three of The Selfish Gene, I couldn't help but think about my children. How will they look? I hope they have my eyes but lighter. Oh! and they should be really pretty. If it's a boy I want him to be ripped by the time he's 16..... I want him to be happy. If she's a girl I don't want her to be fat.... I want her to be happy. Of course all of this isn't up to me. It's up to this so-called "Selfish Gene". I guess I now understand son-to-be parents when they say that all they want is for it to be a healthy baby. (Of course they also mean that it’s product of their love but whatever…)
We all know that we inherit certain things from our parents. This whole heredity process is described from pages 27 to 32. Right away this reminded me of something I’d heard about manipulating genetics. Everything from eye color, type and color of hair, to height in embryos. In the process of looking for said (ABC) article, I came across a (CBS) article about ultimately choosing the sex of your baby. Think about it, if you had the choice of how your baby would turn out, would you?
This immediately makes me think of Build-A-Bear. I know, how can I possibly compare a stuffed animal with a baby? Well, let’s see: you would be choosing their physical appearance, their name, and their clothes which will eventually lead to the building of their character. At the end of the day, you’re building something. It takes all the randomness and surprise out of it. An inorganic person. It’s simply immoral!
Of course choosing your child has its advantages. For one, you can assure it will be healthy. I understand that some new parents that now have a child with a deformity or born with a disease, would’ve loved this opportunity but if we all chose our children, all diversity would be terminated.
The value of beauty changes with time therefore we would make babies that are beautiful to us at the time so in the future we would end up with ugly robots.
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