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Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing
(www.theguardian.com)
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The children are healthy so far and his admirable intentions don't mitigate the fact that he's experimenting on humans. Even if he is successful (and I hope for the sake of the children he was), it's still unethical to try.
Like if I wanted to test out my new fireproof spray by spraying it on some puppies and then setting them on fire, it wouldn't be ethical even if the spray worked.
Ethics are subjective. What if more puppies were saved from fire than harmed as a result? Utilitarians would disagree.
Also its only unethical to experiment on babies if they dont legally consent.
you, Kant, always have what you want.
Kant didn't support Utilitarianism, he was in favour of categorical imperatives that were always true.
Hence the pun