Begetting : what does it mean to create a child?
Mara van der Lugt
Bok · Engelsk · 2026
| Omfang | vii, 263 sider
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| Utgave | First paperback printing.
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| Opplysninger | 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.. - "An investigation of what it means to have children-morally, philosophically and emotionally. "Do you want to have children?" is a question we routinely ask each other. But what does it mean to create a child? Is this decision always justified? Does anyone really have the moral right to create another person? In Begetting, Mara van der Lugt attempts to fill in the moral background of procreation. To consider having children, she argues, is to interrogate our own responsibility and commitments – morally, philosophically and personally. What does it mean to bring a new creature into the world, to decide to perform an act of creation? What does it mean to make the decision that life is worth living on behalf of a person who cannot be consulted? These questions are part of a conversation we should have started long ago. Drawing on philosophy and popular culture, van der Lugt doesn't provide a definitive answer on the morality of having a child, but she helps us find the right questions to ask."
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| Emner | Familieplanlegging
Filosofi Foreldrerollen Etikk vedrørende seksualitet og reproduksjon familieplanlegging - moralske og etiske aspekter |
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| ISBN | 9780691240503. - 9780691240527
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