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Honestly with Bari Weiss
Honestly with Bari Weiss

Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?

Dec 2, 2025 · 1h 24m
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  • A debate examined the ethics of genetic embryo design to optimize babies' health, intelligence, and strength before birth, raising profound moral questions.
  • Participants weighed parental desires to give children advantages against concerns about designer babies, inequality, and unintended consequences of genetic modification.
  • The discussion acknowledges this is near-future reality, not science fiction, requiring society to address whether genetic optimization is ethically permissible or morally obligatory.

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