PS in case you're interested in prehistoric mate choice, see my books 'The Mating Mind' & 'Mating Intelligence', and my papers here:https://www.primalpoly.com/all-publications-by-topic/ …
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Some people believe it's unethical to use CRISPR-cas9 technology to select for certain traits in human offspring. Was it ethical for our ancestors to use mate choice over the last few million years to select for certain traits in partners & offspring?
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Wrong question. Ethics presumes rationality and reflection. Sexual selection is the result of a mixture of unconscious evolutionary and cultural preference. The concept of "selection" is ambiguous. It seems to indicate a conscious choice that the biological context excludes.
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So we can't call an impulsive murder 'unethical' since it didn't involve rationality and reflection?
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Is this question pitting the ethics of natural vs unnatural selection?
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More or less. Although sexual selection, IMHO, is distinct from 'natural selection' -- and Darwin thought so as well.
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Ethics played zero role in mate choice.
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That was done during slavery in the US, admittedly. Arranged marriages were usually to keep money in the family or royal blood. Other than that, on what are you basing your premise?
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Thirty years of research on human mate choice?
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I didn't ask if mate choice was conscious. I asked if it was ethical.
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