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This paper argues that there are reasonable grounds for scepticism about the idea of a uniquely integrated account of the ethics of human reproduction on either partialist or impartialist terms.
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Lillehammer, H. (2009). Reproduction, Partiality, and the Non-identity Problem. In: Roberts, M.A., Wasserman, D.T. (eds) Harming Future Persons. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5697-0_11
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