Republic, Plato deals with precursor issues to all these problems. We may think, first, of his provisions for infanticide, second, of the eugenic streak which runs through his discussion of the generation of children, and third, of the lack of reproductive and marital autonomy granted to the guardians by the state. While one might certainly disagree with Plato's views on these matters, it is still the case that he began a tradition of philosophizing about such issues, a tradition which was advanced, often in regards to the same issues, by Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, and others. Those working in the field of reproductive ethics must certainly look forward, and I hope I have indicated some topics that require further investigation. But I believe we should also look back, and not forget, in the vertigo induced by the new reproductive technologies, the stability of over two thousand years of philosophical discussion." /> Sic et non - Tollefsen Christopher | sdvig press