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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Replying to @primalpoly
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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Replying to @ErgoCogitamus @primalpoly
I was going to say this too. Biology is an 'is', while ethics is an 'ought'.
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Replying to @cathode_ray8 @ErgoCogitamus
So when we evolve moral intuitions about ethical dilemmas, is that an 'is' or an 'ought'?
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