ABSTRACT
I begin by setting the discussion of medical technology and women's health in its larger context, and then discuss ethical issues raised by various types of technology. Consider first the modern tendency to think of everything as a potential resource. To regard everything, even ourselves, as a potential resource is implicitly to regard all possible goals or ends as on a par. Therefore, efficiency-that is, the efficient use of resources in the pursuit of goals-is taken implicitly as the primary value. The determination of goals or ends appears as a matter of personal taste. Respect merely reflects one set of tastes, tastes that may obstruct the efficient pursuit of other goals.
