Open AccessKlonowanie reprodukcyjne a wartość dzieci
Author(s) -
Paweł Łuków
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
etyka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-1161
pISSN - 0014-2263
DOI - 10.14394/etyka.658
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , argument (complex analysis) , psychology , personality psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , devaluation , biology , personality , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , currency , machine learning , biochemistry
It is sometimes argued that if reproductive human cloning were available to parents wholost a child the possibility of replication of the child would lead to its devaluation. This argumentseems to presuppose a view of the relationship between parents and children accordingto which parental love is loosely linked to children’s identities. The value of a child for a parent,it is assumed, stems from its being a person or genetically linked to its parents. Againstthis view I offer a more adequate account of parental relationship. It is based on the idea thatthe value of a child to its parents is grounded in how it shapes their lives and personalities. Ifreproductive cloning were ever available it would be no viable option for parents who losta child. Parents who value their child for who it is, and not just for its being a person ora progeny genetically related to them, value the child too much to want to replicate it when itdies. Parents who value their child for reasons other than who it is, value it too little to cloneit when it is lost.