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15 April, 17h (5 pm) Lucrecia Burges (UIB)

Surrogacy: Reproductive mercantilism and the suppression of Human Rights Moderation: Sónia de Sá (LabCom, UBI)

Bio-note:

Lucrecia Burges is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Her lines of teaching and research cover mainly in the field of practical philosophy, ethics, human cognition and gender studies, from an evolutionary perspective. Lucrecia Burges has several publications, among which articles in international journals with an impact index stand out, as well as scientific publications in international and national journals, of relevance collected in different databases. Various chapters of books and the edition of a volume. She has participated as a speaker throughout her professional career in numerous national and international conferences. She has given several seminars and conferences as a guest teacher. It should be noted that she has conducted seven research stays abroad at the University of California Irvine. She has participated in seven national research projects of the R&D program of the Ministry of Education and Science, as a member of the research team. And she also participates as a researcher in five regional research projects funded by the Government of the Balearic Islands. She received the VI Research Prize in Development Cooperation with a project entitled 'Altruism and Gender. What motivates the sending of remittances?'. She is an active member of the PRAXIS Practical Philosophy research group of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and a collaborating member of the EVOCOG Human Evolution and Cognition research group of the same university. Lucrecia Burges is also the Director of the Human Systematics Laboratory (LSH) of the University of the Balearic Islands. She has extensive experience in organizing R&D activities, as a member of the organizing committee of different courses and international symposia. In the field of teaching, Professor Burges can prove a broad career as a university professor. This is supported by the extensive experience in teaching different subjects of Bachelor, Master and Doctorate first and Bachelor and Postgraduate later. Burges has been Co-Director of the Postgraduate: Self-knowledge, Emotions and Dialogue in the 21st century. She has also been Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Master Program in Cognition and Human Evolution. She is a member of the Board of Faculty of Philosophy at the UIB. In addition, Professor Burges has been part of the commission for the development and design of the new degrees (CED) of the studies of Philosophy, as well as the Commission of Quality of the Studies of Degree of Philosophy. One Supervised PhD thesis defended: September 3, 2020.

Abstract:

This work vindicates against surrogacy from an ethical feminist perspective. Starting from the fact that, whatever the perspective from which it is contemplated: social, cultural, economic, educational, age or race, there is a prior asymmetric situation that enables and conditions the practice. Intersectionality considered in its entirety, this is how the sum of all its vectors is a key and determining factor in the hiring of women for reproductive purposes. The pregnant mother is always, invariably, in a situation of inferiority and vulnerability to the “intended parents”. In this presentation, we are going to highlight the dangers involved in the practice called surrogacy. One of the main dangers is the discursive use of language. The terminology chosen to describe the practice is euphemistic and tricky, which leads the population to a lack of knowledge and a false idea of what surrogacy is in itself. Instead of surrogacy, it must be called what it is: reproductive mercantilism. This perverse use of language is intended to hide the main danger of this practice, surrogacy supposes the suppression of all universal human rights of the pregnant mother and her child. Treated as objects, they renounce not only the right to filiation but also their autonomy as subjects, their dignity and equal, free and fair treatment. Edição online Open on new window