>>12705148Such eugenic threads usually boil down to the question whether or not such terms as "good" and "bad" are arbitrarily defined and simply reflect social and cultural judgments and expectations. At least if the people are somewhat reasonable and intelligent.
Should we select for happiness? Plenty of people are happy but will never contribute to society.
Should we select for intelligence? Plenty of intelligent people are dysfunctional and the correlation between IQ and social standing/income is at best small once you pass a threshold.
I believe, most eugenicists actually want to select for productivity. Creating the productive, hyper-domesticated slave-human of tomorrow.
