Publication details
Děti na míru, nebo pod míru? Etika genetické selekce zdravotně postižených potomků při in vitro fertilizaci
| Title in English | Designer babies the wrong way? The Ethics of Selecting For Disability |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
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| Description | The talk focuses on the contemporary controversy regarding the use of IVF and PGD in order to select for a child with a disability. Emphasis is paid on a particular disability – deafness. The defenders of the alleged right to select for deafness claim that a) congenial deafness is not a disability, but cultural identity, b) it does not constitute harm, but benefit, c) the selected child is metaphysically impossible to harm due to the non-identity problem. The talk focuses on these arguments and the attitude of the so called "privileged majority" to the effect that such practice is deeply immoral is defended. |
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