If it is true that everything about us is predetermined by our genetic make-up: our interests, desires, sexuality, intelligence, thoughts, and so on, then there comes some problems:
1. We really don't have any free choice at all, and everything I do in life is predetermined, so why not just kill someone?
2. Why do we have a justice system? Surely this would imply that some people's 'genetic make-up' is inferior or substandard? We would be denying the 'right to life' to a chunk of the population who just couldn't help it.
3. Why do we train children to 'think before they act' and to make wise choices if they have no control over it?
4. Why is there even a debate over whether we are predetermined by our genetic make-up? Some people will be predetermined to believe it, and others will be predetermined to not believe it. Discussion is futile.
Or, perhaps, could it be that this view is brought on by people who want some form of justification for unsavoury lifestyles? They don't like the idea that some 'ultimate truth' might be different to the way they live.
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