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Debating procreation : is it wrong to reproduce? / David Benatar, David Wasserman.

LIBRA BJ1335 .B46 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Benatar, David, author.
Wasserman, David, author.
Series:
Debating ethics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human reproduction--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human reproduction.
Life--Moral and ethical aspects.
Life.
Physical Description:
vi, 269 pages ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Summary:
David Benatar is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Cape Town. Book jacket.
Contents:
Introducing anti-natalism
The asymmetry argument
The quality of life argument
The misanthropic argument
Contra procreation
Better to have lived and lost?
Against anti-natalism
The good of the future child and the parent-child relationship as goals of procreation
Impersonal constraints on procreation
Alternatives to impersonal approaches: birthrights and role-based duties.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199333554
0199333556
9780199333547
0199333548
OCLC:
900306346

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