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| At Academy Hills / 一 On Preselection of the Sex of a Baby //
| Prof Sandet: Now we can preselectthe sex of a baby, / What do you think of this2 // ls tthe right thing to
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| Pariclpant D: dont think tis rght / Parents shouldnt care what sex their child Is./ arentS. should be
surprised / when they leam the sex // (Laughter)
| Prof Sandel: There are many parents /who wantto preselectthe sex /' Some parents want only a boy /
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and others only a gi / Why is it wrong to preselect the sex? //
| Participant E: tmay be good for the individual. // But V's frightening to think / that someone might want to
| have lots ofboys /to create an army /
] Prof. Sandel: How about banning such behavior? // No one can have lots of boys to create an army。 // In
that case, / is it wrong / for parents to select the sex of their baby? //
] Paricipant F: Parents may feel ree to selectthe sex。/but bables are notfree to selecttheir own sex // lf
| parerts selectthe sex。/ther bables have no cholce about therrsex /
Participant G: lfwe want only boys or only girs, / it means we may abort the baby / ifitis not the sex we
want./
Prof Sandel: In many countries, / parents can get an abortion /iftheir baby is not the sex they Want 7Do
you think this is a type of Killing? /
Participant G: Yes. //
Prof Sandel: ff parents select their child's chromosomes before conception, / is that an example of 昌
type of kiling / you are talking about? // 必
Participant G: In that case, / js not kiling, / but it is stll wrong to select the child's sex / N
Suse it is
unnatural //
What do you think of this topic? //
