%0 Journal Article %T FROM GENERATION TO PRODUCTION %A MARIA MONETI CODIGNOLA %J Ethic@ : an International Journal for Moral Philosophy %D 2004 %I Universitade Federal de Santa Catarina %X This article discusses the ongoing biotechnological revolution in connection with reproduction, examines the main arguments in favour of the new reproductive techniques and the warnings against the dangers and negative aspects of these techniques. It streches out the changes occurred in the meaning of coming to the world and the moral problems aroused by this shift. %K Practical Ethics %K biotechnology %K in vitro fertilization %U http://www.cfh.ufsc.br/ethic@/ET32ART1.pdf