Savior Siblings Ethically, Socially and Legally
(Summary)
Ethically and socially
Against
- Dealing with children as means (commodity).
- Lead to the acceptance of other bad things (designer babies).
- Damage to the welfare of a child (physical and psychological).
- Creating children isn’t wrong so much as sacrificing other lives.
- What if it didn’t work?
- Consent issues
For
-In many cases parents use children as means (save a marriage, being a playmate for an existing child, delighting grandparents) the problem really is using them as mere means.
- the reason differ in designer babies than in saviour siblings. the later is to save a life unlike the former.
- maybe it will get the siblings closer together and they will feel proud to have saved their brothers. their parents still can love them as much.
- welfare of the family as a whole.
- well do we consider the zygotes as lives at this stage?
- what do you expect from a mother watching her child dying? she would do what ever possible !
Legally
It is a controversial issue and some countries allow it, others don’t.
Generally it is not allowed.
In the UK, they started to allow it for serious illnesses only.
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