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    Since private schooling already produces heritable socioe... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The unfairness objection does not identify anything distinctive about genetic enhancement compared to other parental enhancement methods.

    Since private schooling already produces heritable socioeconomic advantages across generations, singling out genetic enhancement as distinctively unfair commits a category error by privileging substrate over outcome.

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    Key Terms

    Category error(as used in logic and philosophy of language)
    A logical mistake where you apply a rule or concept to something it doesn't actually fit, like using a math formula on a poem.
    Heritable(as a requirement for cultural traits to be selected)
    Able to be passed down from one generation to the next, the way parents pass genes to children or one generation teaches skills to the next.
    Substrate(as the underlying physical foundation being discussed)
    The physical stuff or material that something is made of or runs on; in this case, the brain as the physical basis for mental states.
    genetic enhancement(as used in bioethics debates)
    The practice of using technology to modify a person's genes before birth to improve traits like intelligence or physical ability.
    socioeconomic advantages

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    Benefits related to money, social status, and access to opportunities that make life easier for people in higher social classes.

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