Sci-Fi Parenthood and the End of Love
(2025) In Journal of Social Philosophy p.1-8- Abstract
- In this article, I explore concerns that have been raised regarding the relation between love and uptake of reproductive technologies, embryo selection and enhancement. Objections to (certain) uses of these technologies in terms of fractures in love, either parental or between partners, come from a variety of directions, from the conservative to the liberal. I examine two claims: (1) that the separation of procreation from sex and intimacy is a threat to love, and (2) that intervention on the traits of one’s future offspring betrays inadequate parental love. I will place these concerns in a broader context of (a) technologically facilitated threats to – or aids towards maintaining – love and (b) irreversible changes to parent-child... (More)
- In this article, I explore concerns that have been raised regarding the relation between love and uptake of reproductive technologies, embryo selection and enhancement. Objections to (certain) uses of these technologies in terms of fractures in love, either parental or between partners, come from a variety of directions, from the conservative to the liberal. I examine two claims: (1) that the separation of procreation from sex and intimacy is a threat to love, and (2) that intervention on the traits of one’s future offspring betrays inadequate parental love. I will place these concerns in a broader context of (a) technologically facilitated threats to – or aids towards maintaining – love and (b) irreversible changes to parent-child relationships that arise at the moment a prospective parent acts on the choice to select or shape the essence of their future child. (Less)
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- author
- Cutas, Daniela LU
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- publishing date
- 2025
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- Sci-Fi Parenthood, genetic enhancement, embryo selection, parental love, parental expectations, love
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- Journal of Social Philosophy
- pages
- 1 - 8
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85215522893
- ISSN
- 0047-2786
- DOI
- 10.1111/josp.12603
- language
- English
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- yes
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- e0a57636-2add-4299-bccf-0cf9305b1b84
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abstract = {{In this article, I explore concerns that have been raised regarding the relation between love and uptake of reproductive technologies, embryo selection and enhancement. Objections to (certain) uses of these technologies in terms of fractures in love, either parental or between partners, come from a variety of directions, from the conservative to the liberal. I examine two claims: (1) that the separation of procreation from sex and intimacy is a threat to love, and (2) that intervention on the traits of one’s future offspring betrays inadequate parental love. I will place these concerns in a broader context of (a) technologically facilitated threats to – or aids towards maintaining – love and (b) irreversible changes to parent-child relationships that arise at the moment a prospective parent acts on the choice to select or shape the essence of their future child.}},
author = {{Cutas, Daniela}},
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keywords = {{Sci-Fi Parenthood; genetic enhancement; embryo selection; parental love; parental expectations; love}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{1--8}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Journal of Social Philosophy}},
title = {{Sci-Fi Parenthood and the End of Love}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/206413895/Journal_of_Social_Philosophy_-_2025_-_Cutas_-_Sci_Fi_Parenthood_and_the_End_of_Love.pdf}},
doi = {{10.1111/josp.12603}},
year = {{2025}},
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