This paper investigates the concept of wrongful disability. That concept suggests that
parents are morally obligated to prevent the genetic transmission of certain conditions and …

Many prominent bioethicists argue that positive consequences follow from avoiding
disability in offspring by preconceptual, preimplantation or prenatal means. This paper …

The issue of wrongful disability arises when parents face the choice whether to produce a
child whose life will be unavoidably flawed by a serious disease or disorder (Down …

In recent years, the question of whether prospective parents might have a moral obligation to
select against disability in their offspring has piqued the attention of many prominent …

Although I self-identify as pro-choice, I do believe certain instances of abortion can be
classified as, in Judith Jarvis Thomson's words, indecent. This paper explores one such …

ABSTRACT In 'Benefit, Disability and the Non‐Identity Problem', Hallvard Lillehammer uses
the case of a couple who chose to have deaf children to argue against the view that impartial …

This paper argues that disabled people can be healthy. I argue, first, following the well-
known 'social model of disability', that we should prefer a usage of 'disabled'which does not …

IF WE WERE TO WRITE DOWN all those things that we ordinarily categorize as disabilities,
the resulting list might appear to be extremely heterogeneous. Is there really anything in …

There is a long-standing debate between people who can seem to be arguing" for" and"
against" disability. Those arguing for have often been disability scholars and those arguing …

It is unclear what we should make of a policy designed to 'eradicate'genetically based
handicap, and in particular whether it constitutes discrimination against people with a …