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What ethical questions exist from using CRISPR technology?

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Even if editing human genes is ethical, it would certainly cost money to edit your children. With that said, people with more money would be able to create stronger, faster, and smarter children. Anyone without enough disposable income would have normal babies. In essence, the physical capabilities of future people would be split by class. Thus, is it ethical to allow the divide by social class to be exacerbated by gene editing?

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Most ethical discussions about genome editing center on human germline editing because changes are passed down to future generations.

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