The fragmenting family / Brenda Almond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almond, Brenda, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Family policy.

Reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Reproductive technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Fragmenting Family' throws down a challenge to liberal consensus about personal relationships. The author maintains that the traditional family is fragmenting in Western societies, and that this fragmentation is a cause of serious social problems.

Contents:

pt. I. Understanding family : philosophy's contribution. Family ; Permanent relations? Love, marriage, and philosophical lives ; From philosophy to law ; Feminist aims, family consequences

pt. II. Shaping families : science's contribution. Having and not having children ; New reproductive technologies : whose human rights?

pt. III. New frontiers : family, law, and politics. Family choices : what do children really want? ; Law, policy-making, and the contemporary family

pt. IV. Preserving identities : a future for the family? Family, identity, and community ; Finding a way through the wood.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04111-3

0-19-164787-X

1-280-75509-1

0-19-153320-3

1-4294-6006-7

OCLC:

476245488