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    It is not the case that Once the reasonableness condition is satisfied, parents should be permitted to choose among a wide range of 'all-purpose' traits according to their own preferences.

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    • 1.Habermas argues that genetic pre-selection imposes a one-sided communicative relationship that the child cannot contest or revise.
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    • 2.Traits selected by parents encode parental expectations into the child's biology, undermining the open future Feinberg identifies as a core child's right.
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    • 3.A right to an open future is violated not only by restricting choices but by biologically instantiating preferences the child never endorsed.
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    • 1.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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    • 2.Even trait selection serving broad interests signals that children's worth is conditional on meeting standards external to their own self-authorship.
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    • 1.All-purpose traits provide broad benefits that serve a child's interests across many life paths.
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    • 2.Parental autonomy is a legitimate value within the bounds of the child's reasonable interests.
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