The ethics of choosing children. (©2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Reader.
• Other Names: Reader, Simon
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Bioethical Burdens of Proof; Abstract ; Introduction; Chapter Summary; Selective Reproduction; Liberty: The Democratic Presumption; Considerability: The Profane Presumption; Nurture: The Parity Presumption; References; 2 Gift and Beneficence; Abstract ; Sandel and the Gift of Children; Gifts, Givens and Goods; Good Enough Lives; Procreative Beneficence: Giving Best; References; 3 Creation Lottery and Mother Trouble; Abstract ; Plato: In Spite of Birth; Born Again with Christ and Anti-Christ; Conclusion: Goddesses and Monsters; References 4 The Maternal Gift of LifeAbstract ; Reciprocity and the Problem of Recognition; The Gift of Life; Being-from-Others; Birth on the Brink; References; 5 Natality and Generations; Abstract ; Education and the Problem of Generations; Arendt on Natality and Givenness; Freedom and Gifts to Strangers; Conclusion: Towards a Generational Beneficence; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 176.2; Philosophy; Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Bioethics; Ethics; Feminist theory; Humanism; HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality; Bioethics; Genetic screening -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Philosophy -- Movements -- Humanism; Ethics & moral philosophy; Feminism & feminist theory; Social & political philosophy; Bio-ethics; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted -- ethics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319598642; 3319598643
• Related ISBNs: 9783319598635; 3319598635
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.