Philosophy 2715F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fertility Clinic, Parental Leave, Job Security
27 Feb 2017
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Each question graded independently relevant readings and lecture material only: repeat some contents. Savulescu: procreative beneficence, it"s all about welfare. The resulting child may be harmed by the choice. Select embryo a and it develops cancer later in life. The choice moral agents made has harmed embryo a. : you didn"t have that knowledge when you made the choice, if a had been planted, b doesn"t exist or vice versa. It isn"t the choice between a and b, it is the choice of existence vs. non- existence. The only way we can sensibly say that a is harmed is when a"s life is completely miserable. You have not harmed a unless a"s life is not worth living because a would not have existed if you had acted otherwise. B ultimately having a better life than a is not a harm to a. Had b been chosen, a would not exist.
