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2. For one detailed elaboration see Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles ofbiomedical ethics,1989
3. Concerning the moral importance of protecting agency see O'Neill 0. Constructions of reasons. Explorations ofKant's practical philosophy,1989
4. For a critique of classical utilitarian theory concerning this deficiency see Parfit D. Reasons and persons,1984
5. Statement on informed consent for genetic research;Report, A.S.G.H.;American Journal ofHuman Genetics,1996