Sparrow's song revisited
Robert Sparrow1 has assayed a response to criticisms I expressed of his arguments in my ‘Sparrows, hedgehogs and castrati: reflections on gender and enhancement’ in this journal.2 Sparrow simply re-states at some length his view that the life expectancy advantage women enjoy of between 6 or 7 years...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2012
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 8 |
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| Summary: | Robert Sparrow1 has assayed a response to criticisms I expressed of his arguments in my ‘Sparrows, hedgehogs and castrati: reflections on gender and enhancement’ in this journal.2 Sparrow simply re-states at some length his view that the life expectancy advantage women enjoy of between 6 or 7 years gives those like myself who believe that we have a duty to have the best children we can have good reason always to choose to produce females, and that this is embarrassing to me. I reject this … |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100172 |