Abstract
Various principles and frameworks are useful in guiding ethical shared decision making as well as policy development in reproductive medicine. These include: ethical theories (e.g., principilism, utilitarianism) and principles (e.g., moral status) as well as additional considerations (e.g., informed consent). No one of these ethical models or frameworks must be adopted or should be applied unilaterally. In some cases, the application of varied ethical models may yield to conflicting outcomes. Nevertheless, each of these theories gives rise to considerations which are important to consider to completely appreciate the complex ethical dimensions of moral dilemmas in reproductive ethics. This chapter will serve as a reference point for all chapters that follow to provide background and context for ethical theories used elsewhere in this casebook.
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Notes
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Beauchamp at 38 (referencing Percival).
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Beauchamp and Childress at 7.
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These principles are set forth in Beauchamp and Childress (99–313).
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These four principles originate from the Belmont Report, which sought to protect human research participants, and from foundational bioethics texts.
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King, Autonomy.
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See Jasanoff at 249, 256.
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Beauchamp and Childress at 162–164.
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See, e.g., Sandel, Goodwin.
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Munson at 383.
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Kant, The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative.
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Ross, The Right and The Good, at 21–27.
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Ross, The Right and The Good, 21–27.
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See Jonsen.
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See Gilligan.
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See Gilligan.
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See Norlock.
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See Norlock, Scully.
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Chambers at 40.
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See The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Ethics. Oxford University Press. January 2016.
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See Sister Song.
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See In Our Own Voice, Sister Song.
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See O’Neill, Some Limits of Informed Consent. See also O’Neill, Autonomy, and Luna and Luker.
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See Emmanuel.
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Sandel at 42. Timmons at 51–52.
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Timmons 51–52.
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See Macklin.
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Aljalian, N., King, L.P. (2023). Basic Primer on Principles and Philosophy Applicable to Reproductive Bioethics. In: King, L.P., Band, I.C. (eds) Case Studies in the Ethics of Assisted Reproduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41215-8_1
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