Procreative beneficence
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Procreative beneficence is the controversial[1] putative moral obligation of parents in a position to select their children, for instance through preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), to favor those expected to have the best life.[2] An argument in favor of this principle is that traits (such as empathy, memory, etc.) are "all-purpose means" in the sense of being instrumental in realizing whatever life plans the child may come to have.[3]
The term was coined by Julian Savulescu, a professor of applied ethics at St Cross College in Oxford.
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References
- ↑ de Melo-Martin I (2004). "On our obligation to select the best children: a reply to Savulescu". Bioethics 18 (1): 72–83. PMID 15168699.
- ↑ Savulescu J (October 2001). "Procreative beneficence: why we should select the best children". Bioethics 15 (5-6): 413–26. PMID 12058767.
- ↑ Hens, K.; Dondorp, W.; Handyside, A. H.; Harper, J.; Newson, A. J.; Pennings, G.; Rehmann-Sutter, C.; De Wert, G. (2013). "Dynamics and ethics of comprehensive preimplantation genetic testing: A review of the challenges". Human Reproduction Update 19 (4): 366. doi:10.1093/humupd/dmt009.
Further reading
- Birch K (February 2005). "Beneficence, determinism and justice: an engagement with the argument for the genetic selection of intelligence". Bioethics 19 (1): 12–28. PMID 15812970.
- Herissone-Kelly P (March 2006). "Procreative beneficence and the prospective parent". J Med Ethics 32 (3): 166–9. doi:10.1136/jme.2005.012369. PMC 2564476. PMID 16507665.
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