| Title |
Defending eugenics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Monash Bioethics Review, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40592-018-0081-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan Anomaly |
| Abstract |
For most of human history children have been a byproduct of sex rather than a conscious choice by parents to create people with traits that they care about. As our understanding of genetics advances along with our ability to control reproduction and manipulate genes, prospective parents have stronger moral reasons to consider how their choices are likely to affect their children, and how their children are likely to affect other people. With the advent of cheap and effective contraception, and the emergence of new technologies for in vitro fertilization, embryo selection, and genetic engineering, it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify rolling the genetic dice by having children without thinking about the traits they will have. It is time to face up to the awesome responsibilities that accompany our reproductive choices. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 27 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 7% |
| Canada | 10 | 6% |
| Germany | 4 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 2% |
| Comoros | 3 | 2% |
| Denmark | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 85 | 52% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 138 | 85% |
| Scientists | 22 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 29% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Researcher | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 18 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Social Sciences | 8 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 2 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 23% |
| Unknown | 19 | 37% |
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