Genetic Enhancement and Procreative Autonomy Export

@article{citeulike:2208597, abstract = {Liberal eugenics according to one version is distinguished from authoritarian eugenics on the basis that the choice of enhancement is devolved to parents. The argument for liberal eugenics combines a commitment to the right of parents to autonomy – in reproductive decisions and in the upbringing of children – and a parity claim that there is no morally significant difference between ante-natal and post-natal alterations of a child. The article reviews the putative constraints on parental choice, and assesses some criticisms of the parity claim. It concludes that a liberal commitment to social justice is in tension with a liberal commitment to parental choice, but judges that the former commitment does not entail the authoritarian eugenics which is represented as the alternative to liberal eugenics.}, author = {Archard, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {2208597}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.bepress.com/selt/vol1/iss1/art9/}, journal = {Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology}, keywords = {autonomy, elsi, eugenics, genetic-engineering, genetic-enhancement, genetic-medicine, reproductive-technologies}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2008-01-08 19:16:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Genetic Enhancement and Procreative Autonomy}, url = {http://www.bepress.com/selt/vol1/iss1/art9/}, volume = {1}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2208597 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2208597 N2 - Liberal eugenics according to one version is distinguished from authoritarian eugenics on the basis that the choice of enhancement is devolved to parents. The argument for liberal eugenics combines a commitment to the right of parents to autonomy – in reproductive decisions and in the upbringing of children – and a parity claim that there is no morally significant difference between ante-natal and post-natal alterations of a child. The article reviews the putative constraints on parental choice, and assesses some criticisms of the parity claim. It concludes that a liberal commitment to social justice is in tension with a liberal commitment to parental choice, but judges that the former commitment does not entail the authoritarian eugenics which is represented as the alternative to liberal eugenics. IS - 1 JF - Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology TI - Genetic Enhancement and Procreative Autonomy VL - 1 KW - autonomy KW - elsi KW - eugenics KW - genetic-engineering KW - genetic-enhancement KW - genetic-medicine KW - reproductive-technologies AU - Archard, D PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.bepress.com/selt/vol1/iss1/art9/ ER -