what do you guys think about forcing people who have disabling genetic disorders to be sterilized? or people who have had a kid with one of the disorders? on a very statistical, clinical level it does make sense to help rid humanity from these diseases but on an emotional and human level ots definitely a hot button issue. I have two cousins who are on disability and are unable to function because of illnesses that are genetic, and my aunt and uncle were told by a doctor not to have any more children because of this. it seems unfair to the kids to have to suffer with these issues but it is a right at least in the usa
If we consider where such a policy could lead - the answer would be forced sterilisation is a 'taboo' for the sake of the 'good' of humanity/society. It is a policy without sympathy, and where there is no sympathy there is no care, respectively there is no human attachment and the degradation of human rights becomes a slippery slope - as the definitions of 'dis-abled' for forced sterilisation can easily be extended. Bear something in mind, from a fiscal perspective to satisfy the monetarists and staticians, care is not simply a humanist and ethical matter - it actually creates markets that provide jobs and are highly profitable. So it is a statistical moot to force sterilisation from this perspective. On the issue of 'preserving the human race' from 'degeneration' - such people very rarely breed and when they do their own genes reach a nadir very quickly, such an organism [in this case a human] ceases to attract mates and its own body simply cannot compete with the environment or even maintain itself adequately [without care which bears costs, therefore creates jobs and profit opportunities]. This means, even if we demand an economic perspective - an ethic of care often derided as 'socialist', is the best means. It ensures an ambient, ethical and caring society that profits from its own humanism, and avoids a politics and policies that can lead to consequences witnessed in Nazi Germany. Bear in mind, Nazi policy developed from eugenics which was a very British and American discourse as 'science'.
