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Sunday, May 20, 2007"I used to be totally not willing to talk about gender," elaborated Evans, who has pieced together his own ethics during more than 20 years of practice. At the outset, he worked with a bioethicist to develop guiding principles. For years, he says, the majority of sex-selection requests came from Asian and Indian parents, who tended to want to keep the boys. That he would not do. Increasingly, however, what people want is the Holy Grail of the modern two-child family: one boy and one girl. He finds that morally acceptable. Is it the symmetry that makes it more morally acceptable? posted by Sydney on 5/20/2007 07:54:00 PM 3 comments 3 Comments:Well, wanting only boys or only girls is discriminatory. Wanting one of each is egalitarian, and for many whose ethical maturity never advanced past the playground, egalitarianism is the essence of all morality. By 7:29 PM , at
From societal perspective, it makes a whole lot of difference. By 7:29 PM , atIt's the affluence of the requestors that makes it acceptable. Morally, I don't know. By 2:25 PM , at |
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