PHLC13H3 Lecture Notes - Savior Sibling, The Slippery Slope, Designer Baby
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In general, do we need good reasons to procreate: 2. Idea if you have a child to save a previous child, you are mistreating the child created as a savior sibling is used as a means. Consistency argument: allowing saviour siblings will force us to allow designer babies, since the latter is immoral, the former must be banned. Two versions of slippery slopes concerns idea is you might think savior sibling acceptable because you are saving child and doing minimum burden on the second child. But it will lead us to worse, such as designer babies. If we accept savior siblings, then we will be led down a path of designer babies becoming a normative. We shouldn"t allow savior siblings because it will lead to worse things such as designer babies. S&w doesn"t tell the story of how savior siblings will lead to designer babies.
