ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores the implications of a specific moral theory for the techniques and goal of prenatal influence. The techniques of prenatal influence have raised complex issues concerned with the selection and design of children, the desires and expectations of parents, and the rights of other potentially affected family or society members. The book emphasises the complexity inherent in applying the Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC) to multi-variable conflicts, and the need to rely on its indirect application through competent and good faith attempts to apply the PGC by those legitimately appointed to do so. The application of the PGC must take account of all relevant factors, including the nature of the social, scientific, and political reality. Faced with the complexities introduced by these potentially conflicting moral interests, the book has sought to defend a number of prima facie presumptions.
