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@article{2286919,
author = {Bělohrad, Radim},
article_number = {1-2},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002},
keywords = {deafness; disability; impairment; harm; discrimination; right to an open future; dependency},
language = {eng},
issn = {1338-5615},
journal = {Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe)},
title = {Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?},
url = {https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002},
volume = {13},
year = {2023}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2286919
AU - Bělohrad, Radim
PY - 2023
TI - Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?
JF - Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe)
VL - 13
IS - 1-2
SP - 15-27
EP - 15-27
PB - Walter de Gruyter
SN - 13385615
KW - deafness
KW - disability
KW - impairment
KW - harm
KW - discrimination
KW - right to an open future
KW - dependency
UR - https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002
N2 - The paper focuses on the question of whether it is morally permissible to use reproductive technologies to select children with congenital deafness. I review the arguments that have been presented to support the claims that the lack of hearing is not overall bad, that disability is caused by social discrimination rather than impairment, that the community of deaf people gives its members plenty of opportunities to lead a happy life, and that procreative decisions need not improve the world. I argue that although the claims are, to a certain extent, reasonable, they fail to establish the conclusion that selecting for deafness is morally permissible. I further argue that the decision to select a deaf child is morally wrong because it results in imposed and needless dependency, that the happiness of a deaf child is conditioned by their confinement to a relatively small community, and that the deaf parents who reject their child’s potential biculturalism are motivated by questionably self-regarding reasons.
ER -
BĚLOHRAD, Radim. Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence? \textit{Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe)}. Walter de Gruyter, 2023, vol.~13, 1-2, p.~15-27. ISSN~1338-5615. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002.
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