Permissible Progeny? by Sarah Hannan
This volume contributes to the growing literature on the morality of procreation and parenting. About half of the chapters take up questions about the morality of bringing children into existence. They discuss the following questions: Is it wrong to create human life? Is there a connection between the problem of evil and the morality of procreation? Could there be a duty to procreate? How do the environmental harms imposed by procreation affect its moral status? Given these costs, is the value of establishing genetic ties ever significant enough to render procreation morally permissible? And how should government respond to peoples' motives for procreating? The other half of the volume considers moral and political questions about adoption and parenting. One chapter considers whether the choice to become a parent can be rational. The two following chapters take up the regulation of adoption, focusing on whether the special burdens placed on adoptive parents, as compared to biological parents, can be morally justified. The book concludes by considering how we should conceive of adequacy standards in parenting and what resources we owe to children. This collection builds on existing literature by advancing new arguments and novel perspectives on existing debates. It also raises new issues deserving of our attention. As a whole it is sure to generate further philosophical debate on pressing and rich questions surrounding the bearing and rearing of children.
It is a valuable read for anyone in the morality of procreation and parenting(And for those not interested, an even more valuable read since it might show you why you should be interested). * Rivka Weinberg, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
Permissible Progeny? teaches quite nicely ... college-age students may be precisely the audience you'd want for this book. * Jamie L. Nelson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
Permissible Progeny? teaches quite nicely ... college-age students may be precisely the audience you'd want for this book. * Jamie L. Nelson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *
Sarah Hannan is Assistant Professor of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. Samantha Brennan is Professor of Philosophy at Western University and co-editor of Philosophy and Death (Broadview, 2009) and The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought (Broadview, three volumes, 2008-2012). Richard Vernon is Distinguished University Professor at Western University and author of Cosmopolitan Regard (Cambridge, 2010) and Historical Redress (Bloomsbury, 2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199378128 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199378126 |
| Title | Permissible Progeny? |
| Author | Sarah Hannan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2015-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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