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Abstract
Authors have suggested that considering the ethical and social aspects of prenatal testing could be seen as an individual responsibility for patients, but no conceptual grounds have been provided for this thesis. I argue that Candace Cummins Gauthier’s account of “moral responsibility as a virtue”, developed as an attempt to reconcile notions of autonomy and community, provides such basis.
Keywords:
- prenatal testing,
- moral responsibility,
- society,
- autonomy,
- decision-making
Résumé
Des auteurs ont suggérés que l’examen des aspects éthiques et sociaux du test prénatal pouvait être vu comme une responsabilité individuelle des patients, cependant aucun fondement conceptuel n’a été proposé pour appuyer cette thèse. J’avance que la vision de “responsabilité morale comme une vertu” de Candace Cummins Gauthier, développée comme une volonté de concilier les notions d’autonomie et de communauté, fournit ce cadre conceptuel.
Mots-clés :
- test prénatal,
- responsabilité morale,
- société,
- autonomie,
- prise de décision
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Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank Bryn Williams-Jones, Vardit Ravitsky and Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon. Scholarships from the following organisations helped support the research activities associated with the development of this manuscript: PEGASUS (PErsonalized Genomics for prenatal Aneuploidy Screening USing maternal blood), IRSPUM (Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique de l’Université de Montréal), CRÉ (Centre de Recherche en Éthique).
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Remerciements
L’auteure tient à remercier Bryn Williams-Jones, Vardit Ravitsky et Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon. Des bourses des organismes suivants ont permis de soutenir les activités de recherche liées à l’élaboration de ce manuscrit: PEGASUS (PErsonalized Genomics for prenatal Aneuploidy Screening USing maternal blood), IRSPUM (Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique de l’Université de Montréal), CRÉ (Centre de Recherche en Éthique).