Ursinus Intro Ethics Blog - Section A

Although I was not in class today, I find the issue of parents being allowed to choose certain characteristics that they want their children to have immoral. Having a baby is not the same as picking out what outfit you want to wear or designing a room in a house. The miracle of life lies in the creation of the baby and if parents are given the power to choose what they want their children to turn out as the miracle is no longer there. It is also unnatural to “play God” in wanting to alter your child’s potential natural appearance. I don’t understand why parents would ever feel the need to pick and choose what type of characteristics they would want their children to have and it seems very selfish to me for them to want to manipulate a baby in this way. I am not against doctors being able to use this technology to cure diseases because it would be helping the baby in the long run. Whereas being able to design the baby is not helping the child it is only playing off of the parents vain intentions.