2000
DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.2.89
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Disability, gene therapy and eugenics - a challenge to John Harris

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“…47 There are, of course, those that argue impairments such as deafness do not cause suffering in themselves but that any suffering that arises from an impairment such as deafness, only does so as a result of the attitudes of others in society and the lack of provision made for those with these conditions. 48 Harris shows this stance to be implausible when it is applied to person-affecting harm. He argues that the deaf child is harmed by a decision to withhold a cure and to deafen a child is to cause harm to that child.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…47 There are, of course, those that argue impairments such as deafness do not cause suffering in themselves but that any suffering that arises from an impairment such as deafness, only does so as a result of the attitudes of others in society and the lack of provision made for those with these conditions. 48 Harris shows this stance to be implausible when it is applied to person-affecting harm. He argues that the deaf child is harmed by a decision to withhold a cure and to deafen a child is to cause harm to that child.…”
Section: The Repugnant Conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Flere andre deltakere i bioetiske diskurser om fravalg av funksjonshemming har stilt seg kritisk til å selektere på basis av bare fysiologiske egenskaper (se f.eks. Reindal 2000). Mange av disse bidragsyterne har basert sin kritikk på argumenter om menneskeverd, livskvalitet og hva som er et leveverdig liv (Shakespeare 2006;Solberg 2003).…”
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“…B. an der Intelligenz oder am Aussehen ihres künftigen Kindes orientieren dürfte, wenn das denn präimplantationsdiagnos-tisch möglich wäre. 27 Spätestens an dieser Stelle wird, jedenfalls in Deutschland, praktisch jeder zum Gegner der Präimplantationsdiagnostik. Und kaum jemand hält es für nötig, das noch eigens zu begründen.…”
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“…Zunächst ist zu überlegen, ob sich ein solches Verbot aus den Grundrechten der betroffenen Embryonen ergibt. 27 [19]. 33 Dies ist der Fokus der angelsächsischen Debatten; vgl., statt vieler, Gems ([10], S. 207) im Anschluß an die Herausarbeitung des Unterschieds von "the mainline positive eugenics of the past" und "libertarian positive eugenics": "Again, the type of eugenic advice that the eugenic counselor may end up dishing out is not so much to suggest possible improvements parents may incorporate in their children, but to suggest that out of a sense of duty to others, they do not incorporate this or that ‚improvement.…”
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