Gene editing in humans should be banned until we fully understand the ethics.

Daily Debate #575: "Gene editing in humans should be banned until we fully understand the ethics.". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Carl Sagan.

human gene editing is a vital process for us to undertake. Imagine the families whos members are dying: gene editing would provide a vital cure and saves lives

Your argument proves the opposite of your position. If gene editing saves lives now, why wait for perfect ethical understanding that may never arrive? Every month of delay costs actual people their lives. What's the ethical framework that makes dying patients wait for philosophers to finish debating?

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You're just restating the same argument. Here's the hard truth: waiting for "full understanding" is infinite delay dressed up as caution. We understand enough about the ethics now to proceed with safeguards. What specific ethical question actually stops us from curing genetic disease today?

shut up bitch

Personal insults mean you've lost the argument. But fine, I'll ask what matters: name one ethical concern about curing Huntington's disease in embryos that justifies letting people suffer. One. Because I don't think you have it.