Selecting against Disability in the Liberal State : Choice, Equality, and the Limits of Neutrality
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Hardback or Cased Book
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Cambridge Bioethics and Law
ISBN-10
100984380X
ISBN-13
9781009843805
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 27th, 2026
Print length
282 Pages
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This book examines the ethics of prenatal selection against disability and offers a fresh perspective that critically evaluates important limits to state neutrality and to individual choice. It also offers a way to move beyond the (mis)perceived tension between gender equality and disability equality.
Throughout the world, in liberal states, it is common to use prenatal selection techniques and procedures which can prevent the birth of a disabled child. A common assumption is that this practice is driven by individual choice, and that the state itself is neutral. If instead the state was not neutral, this would raise fears of eugenics. The purpose of this book is to test this common assumption. While there is extensive literature on the ethics of selecting against disability, this book proposes a different starting point based on an analysis of the state's position. Through an examination of liberal theory, and a review of concrete examples of state practice, it sheds new light on our society's commitment to the equality of disabled people and the equality of women.
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