03164oam 2200637Ia 450 991081578810332120190503073401.00-262-30051-61-283-44892-097866134489270-262-30129-6(CKB)2670000000133048(EBL)3339374(SSID)ssj0000585245(PQKBManifestationID)12177072(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585245(PQKBWorkID)10568021(PQKB)11372176(MiAaPQ)EBC3339374(OCoLC)772086588(MdBmJHUP)muse26663(OCoLC)772086588(OCoLC)776813678(OCoLC)785776863(OCoLC)817058240(OCoLC)824108006(OCoLC)827888410(OCoLC)961561719(OCoLC)962671520(OCoLC)988413213(OCoLC)988487915(OCoLC)991925010(OCoLC)1037907928(OCoLC)1038658140(OCoLC)1055399237(OCoLC)1066646510(OCoLC)1081288439(OCoLC)1083559343(OCoLC-P)772086588(MaCbMITP)8674(Au-PeEL)EBL3339374(CaPaEBR)ebr10528241(CaONFJC)MIL344892(EXLCZ)99267000000013304820120110d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy have children? the ethical debate /Christine OverallCambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press©20121 online resource (270 p.)Basic bioethicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-52529-1 0-262-01698-2 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."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 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."--Jacket.Basic bioethics.Human reproductionMoral and ethical aspectsPHILOSOPHY/Ethics & BioethicsHuman reproductionMoral and ethical aspects.176Overall Christine1949-895240OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910815788103321Why have children4040355UNINA