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65 S. Cal. L. Rev. 293 (1991-1992)
(Com)Modifying Experience

handle is hein.journals/scal65 and id is 311 raw text is: ARTICLE (COM)MODIFYING EXPERIENCE SCOTT ALTMAN* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 294 II. ARGUMENTS FOR MODIFIED-EXPERIENCE EFFECTS ................................................ 298 A. COMMODIFICATION .................................. 299 B. DEVALUATION OF PERSONS .......................... 302 C. EXPOSURE OF NONCONTINGENT BONDS .............. 305 III. RESERVATIONS ABOUT MODIFIED-EXPERIENCE THEORIES .............................................. 308 A. PRECEDENTS ......................................... 309 1. Surrogacy and Commodification ................... 310 2. Treatments that Devalue Persons ................... 319 3. Noncontingent Bonds, Genetic Engineering, and Surrogacy ........................................ 320 4. Conclusions About Precedents ...................... 322 B. NONASSOCIATION AND IDEAL PRESERVATION ........ 325 1. Noncontingent Bonds .............................. 329 2. Commodification .................................. 333 3. Respect for Persons ................................ 334 IV. SUBTLER CHANGES AND SLIPPERY SLOPES ........ 335 A. SUBTLER CHANGES .................................. 335 B. SLIPPERY SLOPES ..................................... 338 * Associate Professor of Law, USC Law Center, University of Southern California. I thank readers of prior drafts for helpful comments and conversations: Dick Craswell, Erwin Chemerinsky, Ann Davis, Laura Fry, Ron Garet, Barbara Herman, Marty Levine, Peggy Radin, Judy Resnik, John Robertson, Sheryl Rubenstein, Elyn Saks, Mike Shapiro, Laura Stein, and all the participants in the USC Symposium. For financial support, I thank the USC Law Center Summer Research Fund.

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