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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benatar, David, author.

Wasserman, David T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human reproduction.

Life--Moral and ethical aspects.

Life.

Quality of life.

Reproductive Rights--ethics.

Reproductive Behavior--ethics.

Quality of Life.

Wrongful Life--ethics.

Medical Subjects:

Reproductive Rights--ethics.

Reproductive Behavior--ethics.

Quality of Life.

Wrongful Life--ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Is it wrong to reproduce?

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

In this volume, two authors debate the ethics of procreation. One argues for the anti-natalist view that procreation is never morally permissible. In support of that conclusion he advances a number of arguments. In the second half of the book, the second author identifies a variety of moderate pro-natalist positions, which all see procreation as sometimes permissible but never required.

Contents:

Anti-natalism / by David Benatar

Introducing anti-natalism

The asymmetry argument

The quality of life argument

The misanthropic argument

Contra procreation

Pro-natalism / by David Wasserman

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.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2015).

ISBN:

0-19-024957-9