Why have children? [electronic resource] : the ethical debate / Christine Overall.

By: Overall, Christine, 1949-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Basic bioethicsPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012Description: xiii, 255 p. : illISBN: 9780262301299 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Human reproduction -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 176 LOC classification: QP251 | .O85 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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