How can artificial selection exist within evolutionary theory?

Question

Evolutionary theory generally suggests that evolution is non-directional or at least that it is directed only by chance and circumstance/fitness.  If these theories hold true, how can any humans or any other species place themselves above these evolutionary laws? In other words, how can artificial selection exist within the widely accepted traditional theories of evolution?

Answer 1

Some people have wondered if we should be applying pressure in this way or in any way. These are questions that are not scientific questions but ones that are best debated and answered by philosophy.