Genetic Manipulation, ethical?

Is it ethical to change and rearrange the natural DNA makeup of the human species to suit our belief of how a human is suppose to be?

Imagine a world where every person was genetically altered, even before birth, by what their parents wished them to be? A mother who always wanted a daughter who is a pianist, genetically alters their child to have this talent, and therefore brings up the child with the dream of her as a world famous pianist. Could you consider this unfair? The parent has taken away the child's choice of her future rather than let her develop her other skills to see how else this child could exceed. The child is more like a pet than a real person. What if the child, exposed to the possibility of a different career does not wish to become a pianist? Will the parent in her obsession and years of investment readily release the idea of a pianist daughter? Would the parent instead choose to push the child down a road of unhappiness instead of allowing her a dream?

Another dilemma to having a genetically altered child towards the music industry is that the parent is not the only person who dreams of a musically talented child. If everybody want a musical genius, than genius no longer exists! Music as a rare talent becomes mundane and common. For the price of something special, we would have lost the idea of special.

Another scenario is the chinese belief that it is lucky to have a son as the first child. Add in the current growing population and its strictures of one child per family, then we have a crisis of families with one child, genetically set to be a male son. The chinese population would slowly fade with the rarity of a family WANTING a female offspring.

Evolution seems to have evolved into an artifical stage, or in some beliefs, an actual halting of the evolutionary process. Evolution is the natural change of an organism to suit its habitat. But there is nothing natural about the habitat of genetic maniupulation.

Another scenario is that the government takes control of genetic manipulation, therefore have full control to the development of the next generation. Children could either become guinea pigs, or if the government wishes to sabotage the particular family, the child becomes a target/weapon.

The idea of Genetic Manipulation is a nice fantastical idea, however has anybody thought of the consequences?

Test tube babies are slowly becoming a reality, scientists are so close to generating babies without the need of a mother...another host of problems there. If you add this with genetic manipulation, then what stops someone; a doctor from creating a harem of women for himself, women solely dedicated to him, without the ties of family. A president creating an entire army who does not think but only knows how to follow orders.

~Will continue this argument when brain feels less stressed with the idea of genetic maniuplation~