Antinatalism, extinction, and the end of procreative self-corruption / Matti Häyry, Amanda Sukenick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Häyry, Matti, author.

Sukenick, Amanda, author.

Series:

Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics Series

Cambridge elements. Elements in bioethics and neuroethics 2752-3934

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human reproduction.

Life--Moral and ethical aspects.

Life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"This Element provides an exploration of antinatalism, the view that assigns a negative value to reproduction. It includes the history of Western philosophy, an analysis of the concept of antinatalism, and outlines a normative view defending antinatalism"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Antinatalism, Extinction, and the End of Procreative Self-Corruption

Contents

Introduction

1 Western Philosophy as a Struggle against Antinatalism

1.1 First Alarm: Scientific Worldview and Aversion to Children

1.2 First Reaction: Giving Birth to Western Philosophy

1.3 Second Alarm: Virtue and Christianity

1.4 Second Reaction: Philosophizing Christianity

1.5 The Long Aftermath of the Second Reaction: Evasive Maneuvers

1.6 Third Alarm and Reaction: Happiness and Freedom versus a Weaker and Kinder Creator

2 Antinatalism and Extinction

2.1 Good Lives, Bad Lives, and the Possibility of Different Routes

2.2 Against Reproduction: All, Sentient, and Self-Aware

2.3 Against Reproduction: Human

All and Some

2.4 Explaining Extinction Away

2.5 Postponing and Evading Extinction

2.6 A Note on Sources and Moving On

3 Procreative Self-Corruption

3.1 The Standard Arguments for and against Having Children

3.2 Wrong and Right Outlined in Terms of Need Frustration

3.3 The Ones Who Create Omelas

3.4 An Argument from Reiteration and the Procreator's Dilemma

3.5 The One, the Many, and Meaning Cocreated

3.6 Routes to Ending Procreative Self-Corruption

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2024).

ISBN:

9781009455275

1009455273

9781009455312

1009455311

9781009455299

100945529X

OCLC:

1490379995

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access