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The Moral Foundations of Parenthood (Hardcover)
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The Moral Foundations of Parenthood (Hardcover)
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Most people believe that parents have moral rights and
responsibilities regarding their children. These rights and
responsibilities undergird the nuclear family and are essential to
the flourishing of its members. However, their basis and contents
are hotly contested. Do a child's genetic parents have a right to
parent her? The importance of genetic ties is affirmed by many
people's gut responses, everyday talk, and many court decisions,
but the moral justification for tying parenthood rights to genetics
is unclear. Parents are routinely permitted to make far-reaching
decisions about their children's medical care, education, religious
practice, and even how to punish them. When can parental rights be
limited by the interests of the child or society? Matters are no
more settled when it comes to parental responsibilities. It is
commonly thought that if a man conceives a child through voluntary
sexual intercourse he acquires parental responsibilities, even if
he took every precaution against conception. On the other hand,
sperm donors are widelythough not universallythought to have no
responsibilities towards their progeny. What is the basis for these
disparate judgments? Parents are expected to do a lot for their
children as they raise them. But there are surely limits. Sometimes
parents have to balance the needs of multiple family members or
just want to have time for themselves. What is the extent of their
parental responsibilities? In The Moral Foundations of Parenthood,
Joseph Millum provides a philosophical account of moral parenthood.
He explains how parental rights and responsibilities are acquired,
what those rights and responsibilities consist in, and how parents
should go about making decisions on behalf of their children. In
doing so, he provides a set of frameworks to help solve pressing
ethical dilemmas relating to parents and children.
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