Baby shopping: ethics, fiction and the marketization of human reproduction
We are big fans of the power of film to illuminate business ethics issues, but we don't often discuss the role of fiction. But that doesn't mean we're not interested in it. And to prove the point, we thought we'd point out that a short story written by Andy has been short-listed for a writing prize, the AnyBook Award , organized by the American Book Centre in Amsterdam. The theme of the competition is Redesign Your World, and Andy's entry " Baby Shopping " is all about the marketization of human reproduction. It doesn't offer any ethical answers or certainties, but uses fiction to explore what happens when the emancipatory forces of choice get the better of ethical considerations ... and the very human problems that ensue. It's all focused around personal relationships rather than abstract ethics, which is where fiction has some obvious obvious advantages over our more usual academic writing. It's not to be taken too seriously, but if you'...