<Articles>"Liberty" in New Eugenics: Discussion about "Right to an Open Future" in Designer Babies' Arguments

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  • Akatsuka Kyoko
    京都大学大学院 人間・環境学研究科 博士後期課程/日本学術振興会 特別研究員(DC2)

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  • <原著論文>新優生学の「自由」について --デザイナー・ベビー議論における「開かれた未来への権利」の検討

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The purpose of this paper is to clarify a part of "liberty" in the new eugenics through considering "right to an open future" in the arguments about Designer Babies. The new eugenics encourages parental self-determination and permits parents to have "desirable" children by using assisted reproductive technology (ART), nevertheless this shows consideration for prospective children's liberty. The new eugenics attempts to protect children by permitting parents to use only genetic engineering not to infringe "right to an open future" proposed by J. Feinberg. Firstly, this paper introduces the underlying concept of "right to an open future". Secondly, this paper confirms what sort of genetic enhancements are permitted or banned in the debate over Designer Babies and then discusses it. In conclusion, while it is questionable whether "right to an open future" could protect children's liberty, this paper indicates that parents' liberty would be protected unless they carry out extremely harmful manipulations.

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  • いのちの未来

    いのちの未来 1 34-55, 2016-01-15

    京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 共生人間学専攻 カール・ベッカー研究室

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  • CRID
    1390290699816543872
  • NII Article ID
    120005694178
  • DOI
    10.14989/203154
  • HANDLE
    2433/203154
  • ISSN
    24239445
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
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    • JaLC
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