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The issue of parental love is not entirely clear.

The power to educate


children, to raise and correct them, complicates the accusation against
improvement. It is widespread that we admire parents who want the best
for their children and spare no effort to help them achieve their happiness.
However, an important question arises: what is the difference between
providing such assistance through education and training (good schools,
private teachers, language lessons, swimming, tennis, etc.) and providing it
through genetic enhancement? In this case, supporters of improvement will
say that in principle there is no difference, it is just a matter of means.
Critics, on the other hand, argue that there is a radical difference. Sandel
believes that advocates of improvement are correct in that the correction of
children through genetic engineering "is similar in spirit to the intense
pressure on children of the practices we deal with today" (p. 52). But the
similarity does not prove genetic validity. On the contrary, it highlights the
problem of excessive parental care, which is manifested in many forms
today. One of the most glaring is that parents project their children's
careers before they are born. This is well illustrated by the Williams sisters,
whose father Richard planned their sports career before they were born.

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