Sex Selection: Not Obviously Wrong. / Bonnie Steinbock.
by Steinbock, Bonnie; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 1Human Relations. Publisher: Hastings Center Report, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Human reproductive technology | Prenatal diagnosis | Sex discrimination against women | Sex of children -- Parental preferences for | Sex preselectionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Given the complexity of the issue, a hasty conclusion is unwarranted. Moreover, sex selection is one of those issues, like abortion or pornography, where a 'thin' moral analysis, in terms of permissibility or impermissibility, seems very inadequate....Sex selection should not elicit a 'knee-jerk' reaction; it should initiate a nuanced discussion of the various complex issues involved." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) The author contends the issue of sex selection needs further detailed discussion of its moral and ethical consequences before a hasty decision banning it is made.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Sex Selection: Not Obviously Wrong, Jan./Feb. 2002; pp. 23-28.
"Given the complexity of the issue, a hasty conclusion is unwarranted. Moreover, sex selection is one of those issues, like abortion or pornography, where a 'thin' moral analysis, in terms of permissibility or impermissibility, seems very inadequate....Sex selection should not elicit a 'knee-jerk' reaction; it should initiate a nuanced discussion of the various complex issues involved." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) The author contends the issue of sex selection needs further detailed discussion of its moral and ethical consequences before a hasty decision banning it is made.
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