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Begetting : What Does It Mean to Create a Child?
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- van der Lugt, Mara.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family planning--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Family planning.
- Human reproduction--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human reproduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Begetting".
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Begetting
- Part I. Arguments
- 2. Paradigms
- 3. Cain
- 4. Anti-natalism
- 5. Harm
- 6. The World
- 7. Uncertainty
- 8. Consent
- 9. The Ethics of Creation
- PART II. Climate
- 10. For the Good of the Planet
- 11. For the Good of the Child
- 12. Begetting in the Age of Climate Change
- PART III. Narratives
- 13. The Personal Desire Narrative
- 14. The Biological Narrative
- 15. The Parental Maturity Narrative
- 16. The Romantic Narrative
- 17. The Virtue Narrative
- 18. The Entitlement Narrative
- Part IV. Motives
- 19. Reasons
- 20. Genes
- 21. Better Reasons
- 22. Love (for One's Partner)
- 23. Love (for the Child)
- Part V. Alternatives
- 24. Wanting, Having, Hoping
- 25. Urges-or Agency?
- 26. Courage and Virtue
- 27. Meaning and Regret
- 28. Givenness
- 29. Gratitude
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780691240510
- 0691240515
- OCLC:
- 1422231317
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