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Bioethics

the claim that a person was harmed by being brought into existence with a life so impaired that it is worse than not existing.

In bioethics, wrongful life refers to the claim that a person was harmed by being brought into existence with a life so impaired that it is worse than not existing. This meaning comes from Feinberg (1986) in Social Philosophy and Policy.[1]

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References

Feinberg, J. (1986). Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming. Social Philosophy and Policy, 4(1), 145-178. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265052500000467

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