Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F23%3A00130858" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/23:00130858 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0002" target="_blank" >10.2478/ebce-2023-0002</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Selecting for deafness – a marvellous opportunity or imposed dependence?

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe)

ISSN

1338-5615

e-ISSN

2453-7829

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

15-27

Kód UT WoS článku

000996025500002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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