Rivka Weinberg

The Risk of a Lifetime

How, When, and Why Procreation May Be Permissible

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This original, comprehensive theory of procreative ethics explains what kind of act procreation is and when we may permissibly engage in it. In order to ascertain when the procreative risk is permissible to impose, Weinberg proposes contractualist principles to fairly attend to the interests prospective parents have in procreating and the interests future people have in a life of human flourishing. The book presents a solution to the non-identity problem as well asdilemmas regarding our liberal principles of autonomy, consent, and equality, which may seem to be in tension with our procreative practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780190695996
• ISBN-10: 0190695994
• Artikelnr.: 48095833

Autorenporträt

Rivka Weinberg is Professor of Philosophy at Scripps College, Claremont. She received her PhD. in philosophy from the University of Michigan. As a philosopher and bioethicist, Weinberg specializes in ethical and metaphysical issues regarding birth and death.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Imposing Existence: A Weighty and Enigmatic Title for a Weighty and Enigmatic Topic
2. Who Is the Parent?
3. Is Procreation (Almost) Always Right?
4. Is Procreation (Almost) Always Wrong?
5. The Principles of Procreative Permissibility
6. Procreative Principles in the Real World
Conclusion
Index