| Child Versus Childmaker: Future Persons and Present Duties in Ethics and the Law Contributor(s): Roberts, Melinda A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 084768900X ISBN-13: 9780847689002 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $152.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: The legal and moral claims of some biological parents and other "childmakers", including users of the new reproductive technologies, have been considered to excuse conduct that is harmful or potentially harmful for children. It makes our lives, as adults, far simpler if we do not have to take into account the needs and interests of children as we strive for recognition of our own issues and concerns, but there are occasions in which we might find ourselves at risk for solving our own problems on the backs of our children. In this exceptionally well-argued book, M. A. E. Roberts analyzes a variety of specific situations in which such claims might be made. She concludes that there are no excuses for ignoring the needs and interests of our children when we formulate solutions that will affect them. This book is certain to be of interest to anyone concerned about family law, medical ethics, and social justice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Child Advocacy - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 176 |
| LCCN: 98013911 |
| Series: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.12" W x 9.22" (1.14 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Child Versus Childmaker investigates a "person-affecting" approach to ethical choice. A form of consequentialism, this approach is intended to capture the idea that agents ought both do the most good that they can and respect each person as distinct from each other. Focusing on cases in which a conflict of interest arises between "childmakers"--parents, infertility specialists, embryologists, and others engaged in the task of bringing new people into existence--and the children they aim to create, the author considers what we today owe those who will come into existence tomorrow. Topics addressed include: what the person-affecting intuition is and how it differs from other forms of consequentialism; the consistency of the person-affecting intuition; the non-identity problem; wrongful life; and human cloning and other new reproductive technologies. This book is intended for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in philosophy, law and economics and for anyone interested in bioethics, population policy, normative theory, children's rights, constitutional privacy, or family law. |