Coming Soon Selecting against Disability in the Liberal State: Choice, Equality, and the Limits of Neutrality

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Selecting against Disability in the Liberal State: Choice, Equality, and the Limits of Neutrality

By Heloise Robinson
Coming Soon Cambridge University Press Available October 2026

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ISBN-13
9781009843805
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
October 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Throughout the world, in liberal states, it is common to use prenatal selection techniques and procedures which can prevent the birth of a disabled child. A common assumption is that this practice is driven by individual choice, and that the state itself is neutral. If instead the state was not neutral, this would raise fears of eugenics. The purpose of this book is to test this common assumption. While there is extensive literature on the ethics of selecting against disability, this book proposes a different starting point based on an analysis of the state's position. Through an examination of liberal theory, and a review of concrete examples of state practice, it sheds new light on our society's commitment to the equality of disabled people and the equality of women.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. Foundations: Choice, Neutrality, and Disability
1. Choice as the starting point, and liberal neutrality
2. Constraints on choice, and liberal eugenics
3. Disability, n neutrality, and the good chosen life

Part II. State Practice: Law, Information, and Funding
4. The law and its messages
5. Information, and the shaping of choice
6. Public funding and public health
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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