IN the two preceeding papers (Sinnathuray, Med. J. Malaysia, 1979), which represent the first two parts of my inaugural address, the impacts of reproductive research on Maternal Health (Part I) and on Fetal Health (Part II) have been presented at some length. In this paper is presented the impact of reproductive research on Fertility Health, and it covers the last two areas of my inaugural addr...

Conceptions of indiûidual autonomy and of rational autonomy have played large parts in twentieth century moral philosophy, yet it is hard to see how either could be basic to morality. Kant’s conception of autonomy is radically different. He predicated autonomy neither of individual selves nor of processes of choosing, but of principles of action. Principles of action are Kantianly autonomous on...