[ExI] dna ethics question

[Anders Sandberg]

Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> , 6/5/2014 1:25 AM:

Do you see how all of this changes if paternity certainty can be achieved by a simple test rather than cradle-to-grave imprisonment of women?
Maybe. If it becomes possible to ascertain paternity effectively, does it really turn into an effective social claim? There are many single mothers around who know perfectly well who the father of their children is (and he is certain too), yet that is not enough to keep the relationship. The biological patterns may be grooves we tend to move along, but culture and individual choices are pretty powerful too. 
The area where paternity tests really become dangerous is in the Saudi monarchy. Lots of princes waiting...


Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University
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