Why Have Children?
The Ethical Debate
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2013
Summary
A wide-ranging exploration of whether or not choosing to procreate can be morally justified—and if so, how.
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 choice not to. Arguing that the choice to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262525299 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262525291 |
| Author: | Christine Overall |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
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Critics Review
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.
* Publishers Weekly *…Overall is clearly invested in making her work accessible to a range of readers. Given the current national conversation about reproductive rights, I wish work like Overall’s was not only accessible, but required reading.
– Tammy Oler * Bitch *About The Author
Christine Overall
Christine Overall is Professor of Philosophy and University Research Chair in the Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. She is the author of Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry and other books.
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