Eugenia e simetria de relações ou da impossibilidade da necessária independência moral a partir da permissibilidade da eugenia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present what, for Habermas, is one of the implications of permissibility of eugenics, namely, breaking the symmetry relations. To do this, at first, we will introduce how the act of eugenics is a unilateral decision that does not take into account even hypothetically future interests of the fetus, even though it already participates indirectly of moral discourse. Secondly, we show the importance of symmetry in human relations, especially regarding the choice of the moral rules of the community of speakers. Thirdly, in possession of the importance of symmetry to the moral relations in speech communities, we show how the symmetry is broken when it comes to eugenics, condemning be manipulated to an irreversible dependence within of the discourse and making forever asymmetric relationship between who produces and what is produced.