Causing Disabled People to Exist and Causing People to Be Disabled

摘要: Attempts to determine or select what kind of person people bring into existence are controversial. This is particularly true “negative selection” “selecting against” a certain type person—that is, the attempt prevent type, that from existing. Virtually everyone agrees some instances negative selection objectionable—for example, against healthy would be wrong, if this were combined with positive serious diseases. But believe all objectionable and therefore “selection for existence,” whether negative, objectionable. For objectionable, it seems follow as well, since simultaneously an not who type. In short, implicitly well. Why someone that, avoid having child Tay-Sachs disease objectionable? The reasons given vary but usually appeal idea decide ought exist discriminate on basis values contested universally valid. I will discuss view which in any case only small minority. Most forms se-