Elizabeth Anderson's expressivist argument holds that selecting 'all-purpose' traits treats children as products engineered to parental specification rather than as ends in themselves.

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Elizabeth Anderson(as a modern philosopher cited for her work on equality): A contemporary American philosopher who writes about justice, equality, and democratic values; she challenges traditional ideas about what equality really means.
Engineered to parental specification(describes how treating children as products works): Designed or created according to the specific desires and requirements of parents, like a custom product made to order.
all-purpose traits(Green (2007: 218), used to describe the range of traits parents may select within permissible genetic intervention.): Traits that provide broad benefits applicable across many different life paths and goals, making them generically advantageous rather than narrowly specialized.
ends in themselves(as used in ethics, a concept from philosopher Immanuel Kant): People who have inherent worth and should be treated with respect for their own sake, not merely as tools to achieve someone else's goals.

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