Procreation and Parenthood: The Ethics of Bearing and Rearing Children

by David Archard and David Benatar

Book Overview

Producing and rearing children are immensely important human activities. Procreation and Parenthood offers new and original essays by leading philosophers on some of the main ethical issues raised by these activities. An Introduction supplies an accessible overview of the current debates. Individual chapters then take up particular problems such as: the morality of bringing people into existence; what limits there might be on a person's freedom to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199590702
• ISBN13: 9780199590704
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"