The ethical dilemmas associated with this won't be in doing it, but in doing it for whom, and its implications for fundamental ideas underlying society, like merit, compensation, and justice.
Where does fault lie for something like criminality, if someone is environmentally disadvantaged and denied low-risk genotype for it? Doesn't the fault then lie in the state? If you live in a society where embryos can be selected for very low risk of criminality, but someone is born without that opportunity, and then causes you harm, isn't that a form of neglect on the part of society?
what ethics? a 26-week old fetus is considered to be a bundle of cells, and it is perfectly acceptable to dispose of it for any reason or no reason at all. given that, I see no rationale to prohibit or condemn disposing of undesirable embryos
Sure, you don't need a womb to survive, but you still need a pretty specialized environment. See all the concerns about global warming - mangle our environment just a relatively little bit and we're toast.
You're both humans with your own unique DNA. One of you is a lot younger than the other.
I wouldn't kill a thirty-year-old because they're doomed to get cancer, nor a one-year-old, nor a negative-six-month-old.
While that's true, few born earlier than 32 weeks survive without neonatal intensive care. 20% of babies that do survive birth at 26 weeks develop lifelong health problems.
hm, i don't really see it that way. Is there some magical threshold date, or set of features, which determines the point at which you're no longer OK with disposing of embryos? I'm pro-abortion but I still consider the ethics of abortion to be fraught with potential moral dilemmas.
DNA testing already exists within a restricted framework. It's not like parents can pick subjective physical traits when expecting a babies. It doesn't seem crazy to me to expand the list of diseases we test for.
Where does fault lie for something like criminality, if someone is environmentally disadvantaged and denied low-risk genotype for it? Doesn't the fault then lie in the state? If you live in a society where embryos can be selected for very low risk of criminality, but someone is born without that opportunity, and then causes you harm, isn't that a form of neglect on the part of society?