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Mind Map by Hannah Grinnall, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hannah Grinnall
about 8 years ago
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Applying to Right
to Child/IVF
- Natural Law
- Opposes IVF- goes
against primary
precepts
- Reproduction- only take place
in marriage, between husband
and wife. IVF involves 3rd party
(doctor) therefore is wrong.
surrogacy is also wrong for
same reason
- Protection of innocent life- IVF results in
destruction of spare embryos (Catholics
believe in life from conception)
- also goes against
sanctity of life as spare
embryos are destroyed
- Opposes IVF- goes
against primary
precepts
- Situation Ethics
- approves of IVF as e.g. of
humans using 'innovation'
and tech to help
- doesn't approve of
spare embryos being
destroyed as not
most loving thing
- approves of IVF as e.g. of
humans using 'innovation'
and tech to help
- Utilitarianism
- don't approve IVF because
success is so low = pain of not
being able to have child
- unused embryos may be
caused pain if they have
sentience as they're destroyed
- surrogacy- would giving up child be painful?
at 18 child is allowed to find donor parent
which may be distressing for family
- is it fair to use resources to
help wealthy westerners have
children when people in Africa
are starving. should look at
happiness of majority and
feed starving not IVF
- don't approve IVF because
success is so low = pain of not
being able to have child
- Categorical Imperative
(Kantian ethics)
- doesn't allow IVF
- universalisability- can't
universalise as not every
woman wants/needs
IVF/children
- Treat people as ends-
using doctor and embryo
as means to an end
- universalisability- can't
universalise as not every
woman wants/needs
IVF/children
- doesn't allow surrogacy
- universalisability- can't
universalise as not all
women want/need
surrogate
- Kant believed everyone should be
treated with respect and dignity, no
one exploited or enslaved. if pay for
surrogate baby is being treated like
property and enslaved
- using surrogate
and baby as
means to an end
- universalisability- can't
universalise as not all
women want/need
surrogate
- doesn't allow IVF
- Church
- 10 years after 1st test tube baby
Pope welcomed Louise as 'unique'
and 'special' person but didn't
approve of process she came about
because:
- involved playing God
- used embryos are destroyed, don't
have chance at life like Louise
- process of IVF doesn't show human life
dignity and respect required
- involved playing God
- Paul Ramsey
(Methodist) IVF is a
'refusal of God's image
in our own', life should
be created by husband
and wife with aid of God
- 10 years after 1st test tube baby
Pope welcomed Louise as 'unique'
and 'special' person but didn't
approve of process she came about
because:
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