Why Have Children?: The Ethical Debate (Basic Bioethics)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262016982 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Arguing that the choice to have children is not just a prudential or pragmatic decision but one with ethical repercussions, Overall offers a wide-ranging exploration of how we might think systematically and deeply about this fundamental aspect of human life. 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 careful justification and reasoning than the ch
Nelson, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University)Cogently argued and exhaustively researched, Overall's newest will be of particular interest to thoughtful adults engaged in this debate, as well as students and professionals in philosophy and sociology. If you think that, by now, any philosopher writing about reproduction or population ethics would be keenly aware of this fact and its implications, you really need to read Why Have Children? (James L. At the heart of this conceptually sophisticated and factually rigorous book is a seemingly simple point: babies are borne by women. (Tammy Oler Bitch) . She never forgets that it is women who gestate and deliver babies -- not machines, not society, and not gender-unspecified reproducers. Christine Overall offers a careful investigation into the moral issues surrounding the choice to have a child, demonstrating in the process how wide-ranging th
She is the author of Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry and other books.. Christine Overall is Professor of Philosophy and University Research Chair in the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Likecroft said A thoughtful but not clinical look at what it means to have children in modern North America. As a "A thoughtful but not clinical look at what it means to have children in modern North America" according to Likecroft. As a 28-year-old who recently entered a same-sex marriage, I'm struggling with what I think about my own potential for motherhood and the ways I could have children--do I want children? Do I not? In what ways could I feel ethically and emotionally *right* about parenting, if I do decide to parent? This is one of a number of. 8-year-old who recently entered a same-sex marriage, I'm struggling with what I think about my own potential for motherhood and the ways I could have children--do I want children? Do I not? In what ways could I feel ethically and emotionally *right* about parenting, if I do decide to parent? This is one of a number of. Dennis Diehl said Frustrating. In the spirit on full disclosure, I agree with the central premise of this book: There are more compelling reasons NOT to have a child than there are to have a child.That said, it appears as though Overall selectively ignores or willfully misinterprets counter arguments to her claims, namely those of Benatar's "better to ne. "Disappointing and Biased" according to Eric. The author takes a strong anti-male tone throughout the book, repeating ad nauseam the fact that women "bear the burden of pregnancy and childbearing." From this, she goes so far as to say men should be held financially responsible even for a child that a women deceives him into creating. This is just one of the many outlan