Why Have Children? : The Ethical Debate /

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"In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify the choice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, Christine Overall maintains that the burden of proof should be reversed: that the choice to have children calls for more...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Overall, Christine, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human reproduction > Moral and ethical aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Sexuality.
Reproduction humaine > Aspect moral.
Reproductive Rights > ethics
Reproduction > ethics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Reproductive freedom, autonomy and reproductive rights
  • When prospective parents disagree
  • Deontological reasons for having children
  • Consequentialist reasons for having children
  • Not a "better never to have been"
  • An obligation not to procreate?
  • Illness, impairment, and the procreation decision
  • Overpopulation and extinction
  • Procreation, values, and identity.

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