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Autonomy, Natality and Freedom: A Liberal Re-examination of Habermas in the Enhancement Debate
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Jurgen Habermas has argued that carrying out pre-natal germline enhancements would be inimical to the future child's autonomy. In this article, I suggest that many of the objections that have been made against Habermas' arguments by liberals in the enhancement debate misconstrue his claims. To explain why, I begin by explaining how Habermas' view of personal autonomy confers particular importance to the agent's embodiment and social environment. In view of this, I explain that it is possible ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Journal:
- Bioethics Journal website
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 145–152
- Publication date:
- 2015-03-01
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:10710
- Deposit date:
- 2015-03-24
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