Commentaries and Responses

/ 2017 | Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, 24 (3): 235-240 / By Tamara Kayali Browne /   Some commentators have interpreted me as implying that philosophers have a ‘royal road to the truth’ or that they are confined to armchair philosophizing, yet I believe neither. In these disciplines, as in other disciplines, strong arguments are based […]

/ 2016 | O&G Magazine, 18 (2): 38-39 / By Tamara Kayali Browne /   Sex selection is a controversial technology that allows people to select their biological children based on their sex. While NHMRC guidelines recommend against sex selection for non-medical reasons,these guidelines are currently under review, making a debate about this issue even more timely. (Throughout this article I shall use ‘sex […]

/ 2016 | Journal of Medical Ethics, 43 (1): 19-21 / By Tamara Kayali Browne /   Mikhalevich and Powell do not believe that the disclosure of fetal sex plays into or promotes gender essentialism. Yet many people hold gender essentialist beliefs. In studies conducted thus far, parental reasons for sex determination or sex selection often […]