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Procreative Beneficence : the Moral Obligation to Have the Best Children
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Savulescu, Julian |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | Eugenic selection of embryos is now possible by employing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). While PGD is currently being employed for the purposes of detecting chromosomal abnormalities or inherited genetic abnormalities, it could in principle be used to test any genetic trait such as hair colour or eye colour. Genetic research is rapidly progressing into the genetic basis of complex traits like intelligence and a gene has been identified for criminal behaviour in one family. Once the decision to have IVF is made, PGD has few `costs' to couples, and people would be more inclined to use it to select less serious medical traits, such as a lower risk of developing Alzheimer Disease, or even for non-medical traits. PGD has already been used to select embryos of a desired gender in the absence of any history of sex-linked |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://shamiller.net/phi038/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Procreative-Beneficence.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
