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Choosing children: intergenerational justice?

Len Doyal1, Sheila McLean

  • 1Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK. l.doyal@qmul.ac.uk

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|April 12, 2005
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Intergenerational justice principles can guide reproductive decisions, including sex selection, by focusing on the objective well-being of future children. This ethical framework supports legitimate reproductive choices prior to conception or during pregnancy.

Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Reproductive Ethics
  • Philosophy of Justice

Background:

  • Intergenerational justice is typically applied to environmental sustainability.
  • Reproductive decision-making lacks a robust ethical framework for future generations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the concept of intergenerational justice to reproductive decisions.
  • To explore the ethical legitimacy of reproductive choices based on future well-being.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation
  • Ethical analysis of intergenerational justice
  • Application of justice principles to reproductive autonomy

Main Results:

  • Intergenerational justice is applicable to reproductive choices.
Keywords:
Genetics and Reproduction

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  • Reproductive decisions should consider the objective well-being of future children.
  • Sex selection can be ethically legitimate under this framework.

    • Conclusions:

    • Ethical reproductive choices extend beyond clinical concerns.
    • Future children's interests must be evaluated objectively.
    • Reproductive autonomy is ethically constrained by intergenerational justice.