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    The link between a selective mentality in reproduction an... — Carmelics
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    The link between a selective mentality in reproduction and overzealous or unforgiving parenting styles is not a necessary one

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    • 1.Parental love, as described by Harry Frankfurt, is characteristically unconditional and volitionally self-sustaining once the child exists.
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    • 2.The phenomenology of bonding overrides pre-conception preferences: parents routinely abandon prior selectivity upon encountering the actual child.
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    • 3.Selective intent at conception and responsive care after birth are psychologically distinct phases, governed by different motivational structures.
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    • 1.Sandel's critique of hyperparenting targets a disposition of mastery, but donor selection expresses hope rather than control over outcomes.
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    • 2.Choosing a donor with certain traits is structurally analogous to choosing a co-parent, which carries no implication of conditional acceptance of offspring.
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    • 1.The majority of parents are not so naïve as to presume to know what they are getting simply because they had a hand in selecting some of their child's genetic features
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    • 2.Gamete donor selection is less likely than more expensive and effective forms of selective reproduction, such as genetic engineering, to produce problematic expectations and attitudes
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    Some suggest, however, that although selection is not necessarily morally problematic, we should still be concerned that a selective mentality may be a precursor of conditional, as opposed to unconditional, love once the child is born, or to unrealistic expectations and feelings of entitlement. Thus, the suggestion here is that people who go to great lengths and incur great expense in procuring what are, for them, the ‘perfect’ gametes, may be more likely to reject or otherwise mistreat their ch
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