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Failures of imagination : disability and the ethics of selective reproduction
reproduction
PGD
disability
PND
genetics
reproductive decision
moral judgments
selective reproduction
The article addresses the problem of disability in the context of reproductive decisions based on genetic information. It poses the question of whether selective procreation should be considered as a moral obligation of prospective parents. To answer this question, a number of different ethical approaches to the problem are presented and critically analyzed: the utilitarian; Julian Savulescu’s principle of procreative beneficence; the rights-based. The main thesis of the article is that these approaches fail to provide any appealing principles on which reproductive decisions should be based. They constitute failures of imagination which may result in counter-intuitive moral judgments about both life with disability and genetic selection. A full appreciation of the ethical significance of recognition in procreative decisions leads to a more nuanced and morally satisfying view than other leading alternatives presented in the article.
dc.abstract.en | The article addresses the problem of disability in the context of reproductive decisions based on genetic information. It poses the question of whether selective procreation should be considered as a moral obligation of prospective parents. To answer this question, a number of different ethical approaches to the problem are presented and critically analyzed: the utilitarian; Julian Savulescu’s principle of procreative beneficence; the rights-based. The main thesis of the article is that these approaches fail to provide any appealing principles on which reproductive decisions should be based. They constitute failures of imagination which may result in counter-intuitive moral judgments about both life with disability and genetic selection. A full appreciation of the ethical significance of recognition in procreative decisions leads to a more nuanced and morally satisfying view than other leading alternatives presented in the article. | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Prawa i Administracji : Katedra Filozofii Prawa i Etyki Prawniczej | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Soniewicka, Marta - 137485 | pl |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T11:17:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T11:17:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | pl |
dc.description.physical | 8 | pl |
dc.description.points | 30 | pl |
dc.description.publication | 1 | pl |
dc.description.volume | 29 | pl |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/bioe.12153 | pl |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-8519 | pl |
dc.identifier.issn | 0269-9702 | pl |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/12080 | |
dc.language | eng | pl |
dc.language.container | eng | pl |
dc.participation | Soniewicka, Marta: 100%; | pl |
dc.rights.licence | bez licencji | |
dc.subject.en | reproduction | pl |
dc.subject.en | PGD | pl |
dc.subject.en | disability | pl |
dc.subject.en | PND | pl |
dc.subject.en | genetics | pl |
dc.subject.en | reproductive decision | pl |
dc.subject.en | moral judgments | pl |
dc.subject.en | selective reproduction | pl |
dc.subtype | Article | pl |
dc.title | Failures of imagination : disability and the ethics of selective reproduction | pl |
dc.title.journal | Bioethics | pl |
dc.type | JournalArticle | pl |
dspace.entity.type | Publication |