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The Risk of a Lifetime - How, When, and Why Procreation May Be Permissible (Hardcover)
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The Risk of a Lifetime - How, When, and Why Procreation May Be Permissible (Hardcover)
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Having children is probably as old as the first successful
organism. It is often done thoughtlessly. This book is an argument
for giving procreating some serious thought, and a theory of how,
when, and why procreation may be permissible. procreative ethics,
procreation itself is often done Rivka Weinberg begins with an
analysis of the kind of act procreativity is and why we might be
justifiably motivated to engage in it. She then proceeds to argue
that, by virtue of our ownership and control of the hazardous
material that is our gametes, we are parentally responsible for the
risks we take with our gametes and for the persons that develop
when we engage in activity that allows our gametes to unite with
others and develop into persons. Further argument establishes that
when done respectfully, and in cases where the child's chances of
leading a life of human flourishing are high, procreation may be
permissible. procreating some serious thought, and a theory of how,
when, Along the way, Weinberg argues that the non-identity problem
is a curiously common mistake. Arguments intending to show that
procreation is impermissible because life is bad for people and
imposed on them without their consent are shown to have serious
flaws. Yet because they leave us with lingering concerns, Weinberg
argues that although procreation is permissible under certain
conditions, it is not only a welfare risk but also a moral risk.
Still, it is a risk that is often permissible for us to take and
impose, given our high level of legitimate interest in
procreativity. In order to ascertain when the procreative risk is
permissible to impose, contractualist principles are proposed to
fairly attend to the interests prospective parents have in
procreating and the interests future people have in a life of human
flourishing. The principles are assessed on their own merits and in
comparison with rival principles. They are then applied to a wide
variety of procreative cases.
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