Many EA ideas and proposals get called ‘eugenic’ by conservative commentators—especially those concerning transhumanism, cognitive enhancement, moral enhancement, mind/machine interfaces, etc. EAs might not be very aware of these criticism, since they mostly come from outside EA, and from political and religious views that few EAs share.
But IMHO we need to be able to challenge the term ‘eugenics’ as an all-purpose slander that gets thrown around against any proposals that involve nudging the direction of future human development.
Many EA ideas and proposals get called ‘eugenic’ by conservative commentators—especially those concerning transhumanism, cognitive enhancement, moral enhancement, mind/machine interfaces, etc. EAs might not be very aware of these criticism, since they mostly come from outside EA, and from political and religious views that few EAs share.
But IMHO we need to be able to challenge the term ‘eugenics’ as an all-purpose slander that gets thrown around against any proposals that involve nudging the direction of future human development.