PHL281H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Casual Sex, Surrogacy, Fetus
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An interest that is prima facie morally legitimate is one that in itself is a morally permissible interest to have. The interest in sex and the interest in procreation are two such interests, as are the interest in grandparents having grandchildren and the interest of a country in having a larger population. But one way in which prima facie morally legitimate interests can fail to be morally legitimate simpliciter is for a person who has these interests to pursue them in ways that are morally illegitimate. Assume that the rapist has an interest in sex (which is doubtful, at least that it is his primary interest. ) This interest fails to be morally legitimate simpliciter when the pursuit of it invades the morally legitimate interest his victim has in her choice of sexual partners. And it is the primacy of the importance of individual choice and its moral legitimacy that is at the heart of the concept of autonomy employed here.
