2023
Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?
BĚLOHRAD, RadimZákladní údaje
Originální název
Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?
Autoři
BĚLOHRAD, Radim (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)
Vydání
Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe), Walter de Gruyter, 2023, 1338-5615
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
60302 Ethics
Stát vydavatele
Polsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 0.700 v roce 2022
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/23:00130858
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
UT WoS
000996025500002
Klíčová slova anglicky
deafness; disability; impairment; harm; discrimination; right to an open future; dependency
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 2. 5. 2024 14:38, Mgr. Kateřina Rajsová
Anotace
V originále
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.
Návaznosti
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