Choosing Tomorrow's Children

Choosing Tomorrow's Children
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780191572715
ISBN-13 : 0191572713
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Book Synopsis Choosing Tomorrow's Children by : Stephen Wilkinson

Download or read book Choosing Tomorrow's Children written by Stephen Wilkinson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children? And is there something morally wrong with parents who wish to do this? Choosing Tomorrow's Children provides answers to these (and related) questions. In particular, the book looks at issues raised by selective reproduction, the practice of choosing between different possible future persons by selecting or deselecting (for example) embryos, eggs, and sperm. Wilkinson offers answers to questions including the following. Do children have a 'right to an open future' and, if they do, what moral constraints does this place upon selective reproduction? Should parents be allowed to choose their future children's sex? Should we 'screen out' as much disease and disability as possible before birth, or would that be an objectionable form of eugenics? Is it acceptable to create or select a future person in order to provide lifesaving tissue for an existing relative? Is there a moral difference between selecting to avoid disease and selecting to produce an 'enhanced' child? Should we allow deaf parents to use reproductive technologies to ensure that they have a deaf child?


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