LEADER 05052nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910966795003321 005 20250715204821.0 010 $a0191572713 010 $a9780191572715 010 $a0-19-170658-2 010 $a0-19-964658-9 010 $a1-282-50191-7 010 $a9786612501913 010 $a0-19-157271-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7033957 035 $a(CKB)24235097100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC485727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL485727 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10365174 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250191 035 $a(OCoLC)550604710 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7033957 035 $a(OCoLC)1044749973 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235097100041 100 $a20100331d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChoosing tomorrow's children $ethe ethics of selective reproduction /$fStephen Wilkinson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) 225 1 $aIssues in biomedical ethics 311 08$a9780199273966 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: The Ethics of Selective Reproduction -- 1.1 Some Cases -- 1.2 What Is Selective Reproduction? -- 1.3 Different Possible Future People -- 1.4 Philosophical Bioethics -- 1.5 Some Assumptions -- 1.6 The Moral Status of the Human Embryo -- 1.7 Outline and Structure -- 2. Parental Duties and Virtues -- 2.1 Unconditional Love -- 2.2 Actual and Prospective Parents -- 2.3 The Virtue of Parental Acceptance -- 2.4 Diversity -- 2.5 The Child's Right to an Open Future -- 2.6 Summary and Conclusions -- 3. Selecting for Disability and the Welfare of the Child -- 3.1 Disability and Quality of Life -- 3.2 Harm and Wrongful Life -- 3.3 Slavery, Abuse, and Birthrights -- 3.4 The Same Number Quality Claim -- 3.5 Summary and Conclusions -- 4. Choosing One for the Sake of Another -- 4.1 The Cost of Care -- 4.2 Saviour Siblings: The Welfare of the Child -- 4.3 Saviour Siblings: Challenging Some Common Assumptions -- 4.4 Summary and Conclusions -- 5. Treating Children as Commodities -- 5.1 What Is Commodification? -- 5.2 Treating as a (Mere) Means -- 5.3 Fungibility -- 5.4 Summary and Conclusions -- 6. Eugenics and the Expressivist Argument -- 6.1 What Is Eugenics? -- 6.2 The Moral Standing of Eugenics -- 6.3 Is the Very Idea of 'Genetic Improvement' a Mistake? -- 6.4 Social Problems Caused by Reducing the Prevalence of Disease and Disability -- 6.5 The Expressivist Argument -- 6.6 Summary and Conclusions -- 7. Enhancement -- 7.1 What Is Enhancement? -- 7.2 The Moral Status of Enhancement -- 7.3 The Goals of Medicine -- 7.4 Positional Goods -- 7.5 Equality -- 7.6 Summary and Conclusions -- 8. Sex Selection -- 8.1 Bioethical Context -- 8.2 Legal-Regulatory Context in the UK -- 8.3 Family Balancing and Population Sex Imbalance -- 8.4 Family Balancing and Sexism -- 8.5 Sexism as a Fundamental Objection to Sex Selection -- 8.6 Population Sex Imbalance, Subgroups, and Social Context -- 8.7 Pressure and Consent -- 8.8 Sending Out the Wrong Message -- 8.9 Innocuous Means of Sex Selection -- 8.10 Summary and Conclusions. 330 $aTo what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children? Is there something morally wrong with choosing what their sex will be, or with trying to 'screen out' as much disease and disability as possible before birth? Stephen Wilkinson offers answers to such questions. 410 0$aIssues in biomedical ethics. 517 3 $aEthics of selective reproduction 606 $aHuman reproductive technology$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aGenetic engineering$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aSex preselection$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aBioethics 606 $aReproductive Techniques$xethics$3(DNLM)D012099Q000941 606 $aBioethical Issues$3(DNLM)D026688 606 $aSex Preselection$xethics$3(DNLM)D012743Q000941 606 $aGenetic Engineering$xethics$3(DNLM)D005818Q000941 606 $aPreimplantation Diagnosis$xethics$3(DNLM)D019836Q000941 606 $aBioethics$3(DNLM)D001675 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aGenetic engineering$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aSex preselection$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aBioethics. 615 12$aReproductive Techniques$xethics 615 22$aBioethical Issues 615 22$aSex Preselection$xethics 615 22$aGenetic Engineering$xethics 615 22$aPreimplantation Diagnosis$xethics 615 2$aBioethics 676 $a176 700 $aWilkinson$b Stephen$f1965-$01784379 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966795003321 996 $aChoosing tomorrow's children$94404940 997 $aUNINA