Written Assignment #6
The Morality of Screening for Disability by Jeff McMahan In Jeff McMahan’s article, The Morality of Screening for Disability, he argues against the morality of screening for a disability and believes that it is immoral. He believes that people should not support or take test to test for a disability, except in rare cases. In this written assignment I will discuss McMahan’s main arguments and then possible objections to his arguments. In McMahan’s article, he proposes four objections for testing for a disability. The first objection is that screening for a disability in a fetus would discriminate against the fetus. He argues that it leads to people wanting “perfect” children and then discriminating against those with
The Morality of Screening for Disability by Jeff McMahan In Jeff McMahan’s article, The Morality of Screening for Disability, he argues against the morality of screening for a disability and believes that it is immoral. He believes that people should not support or take test to test for a disability, except in rare cases. In this written assignment I will discuss McMahan’s main arguments and then possible objections to his arguments. In McMahan’s article, he proposes four objections for testing for a disability. The first objection is that screening for a disability in a fetus would discriminate against the fetus. He argues that it leads to people wanting “perfect” children and then discriminating against those with