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	Podcast:		The Philosopher's Zone - Program podcast
	Episode:		Adoption and moral obligation
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:28:27
	Publish Date:		2022-05-22 07:30:00
	Description:		There are an estimated 16.2 million documented orphans worldwide, with as many as 100 million more children living on the streets. It’s a problem of crisis proportions, which makes it perhaps strange that so many of us consider adoption as more of a last resort than a first-order obligation – to be considered only if the path to having genetically-related children is blocked. This week we’re looking at the justifications for genetic preference in families, and asking how these justifications stack up against the moral duty to adopt.
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