PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Deontological Ethics, Surrogacy, Artificial Insemination
7 Mar 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Elizabeth anderson is women"s labour a commodity? . Types of surrogacy: genetic (provide egg and body) and (cid:1) (cid:1) gestational (provide body as carrier); commercial (paid and terminate parental rights) and altruistic (not paid) In can commercial surrogacy is illegal; altruistic is legal (can receive money as donation ) Anderson: commercial surrogacy is morally inappropriate b/c it (cid:1) applies economic norms to reproduction. Economic norms are manipulative: reproduction involves parental rights and responsibilities which are anything but manipulative (not exchange and not property) It values reproduction inappropriately which leads to exploitation and inferior understanding of human flourishing. Defense of commercial surrogacy on 4 grounds (she argues (cid:1) against them): (cid:1) the adoption process adoption in can: shortage of children for adoption; legal cumbersomeness of. Pay someone to take care of your child, pay for adoption, pay to breast feed. Anderson refutes all of them as invalid grounds.
