I love my children: am I racist? On the wish to be biologically related to one's children
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Is the wish to be biologically related to your children legitimate? Here, I respond to an argument in support of a negative answer to this question according to which a preference towards having children one is biologically related to is analogous to a preference towards associating with members of one's own race. I reject this analogy, mainly on the grounds that only the latter constitutes discrimination; still, I conclude that indeed a preference towards children one is biologically related to is morally illegitimate because, in the context of parental love, biological considerations are normatively irrelevant.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Medical Ethics |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 12 |
Pages (from-to) | 814-816 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISSN | 0306-6800 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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