Why have children? the ethical debate /

Main Author: Overall, Christine, 1949-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Series:Basic bioethics
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10528241
Table of 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.