Sex Selection And Kantian Ethics

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We can also use Kantian ethics of end and means here, “When parents wish to use sex selection services they do so because they have a preference about what kind of child they want to have. If they use a sex selection technology and have a child the child’s sex has been determined to satisfy an end of the parents and the child has been used as an instrument to bring about this end.” There are two arguments for this view, first argument is, Is it right to use sex selection service to remove the specific sex? Is it not violating the rule of natural process? After the birth of the child when he/she knows that their gender is selected by their parents what impact will there be on his/her mind? Second argument is, “Kant requires us to treat persons