Course contents
Title: Ethics and reproduction: the reflection of Glover and Savulescu
Program: The course deals with the bioethical reflection focused on the issue of human reproduction and on the moral principles which should guide it. Relevant essays by Jonathan Glover and Julian Savulescu will be read and discussed together during the course.
Reccomended or required readings
Indicative bibliography:
J. Glover, Choosing Children. Genes, Disability and Design, Oxford Un, Pr., 2007.
J. Savulescu, Procreative Beneficience: Why We Should Select the Best Children, “Bioethics”, 5-6, 2001.
J. Savulescu-G. Kahane, The Moral Obligation to Create Children with the Best Chance of the Best Life, “Bioethics”, 5, 2009.
J. Savulescu, The Nature of Moral Obligation to Select the Best Children, in A. Akabayashi a cura di, The Future of Bioethics. International Dialogues, Oxford Un. Pr., 2014.