Electronic Resource
Berkeley, Calif.
:
Berkeley Electronic Press (now: De Gruyter)
Studies in ethics, law and technology
1.2008, 1, art9
ISSN:
1941-6008
Source:
Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals
Topics:
Sociology
,
Technology
Notes:
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.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.bepress.com/selt/vol1/iss1/art9
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