The reduction of the human being to no more than the biological expression of the programme of instructions encoded in his or her DNA will have serious moral consequences on how we look at ourselves.
Determinists are in danger of hunting for the "Cinderella" gene- those particular genes which in isolation pre-determine just about everything from intelligence to homosexuality, free market entrepreneurs and male dominance. if we accept that innate differences and abilities are written in our genes and biologically inherited , then hierarchy is actually encoded in human nature. The world is the way it is because that is exactly how it should be. A proposed scientific explanation thus becomes the instrument for legitimizing the status quo.
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