Interfering with nature |
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Authors: | Norman R |
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Institution: | Department of Philosophy, Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NY, UK |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT Certain kinds of medical treatment are often held to be morally unacceptable because they are an 'interference with nature'. I suggest a way in which we can make sense of such ideas. We can make significant choices only against a background of conditions which we regard as 'natural', and these will typically include such facts as those of birth and death, of youth and age, and of sexual relations. I argue, however, that such ideas, though intelligible, do not establish any valid moral objection to, for instance, the use of ovarian tissue for assisted conception. |
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