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I think its unethical to cause an animal to go extinct on purpose. Like it seems a very nuclear option to me.

On the other hand I hate these mosquitoes tho… And they are a medical threat to humans

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21 points

Is it unethical to make smallpox go extinct?

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7 points

I guess we humans have a different code of ethics for diseases and bacteria… Team DNA mixing vs team DNA cloning… A fight as old as life itself

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5 points

Team preoccupied with whether or not they can vs team thinking if they should

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I think its unethical to cause an animal to go extinct on purpose.

Counterpoint: guinea worm, a nightmarish human parasite with possible mentions back to ancient Egypt. As of the mid 1980’s, it infected millions every year. Now it is on the verge of extinction due to a very concerted international effort. All those little worms were doing was causing intense physical suffering for humans and other animals.

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Yeah, if we let them live, people suffer and die. If we make them extinct some bugs will die ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Seems like we could somehow try to genetically engineer their bites to not itch at least

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8 points

I still don’t want those disease vectors biting me and giving me space Zika.

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