One Child

Jason Marsh, Journal of Moral Philosophy This book is a highly valuable contribution to practical philosophy. It gets a hugely important topic on the table in a serious way without compromising readability. If you are looking for an engaging and provocative addition to your personal library, or for your ethics or political philosophy courses, I highly recommend this book.

Karen Shook, Times Higher Education A philosopher's nuanced, unapologetic proposal for a world in environmental crisis.

Jamie Lindemann, Philosophers' Magazine One Child is hard to resist. Conly starts from a well-developed empirical basis -- multiply-sourced news about the devastation we court, but which she deploys modestly. ... Lucid, engaging, and empirically saturated ... These discussions are wholly pertinent and quite well done

Stephen Nathanson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University Sarah Conly's book tackles an urgent, under-discussed topic: Is having children an unlimited, personal right? Or is this view no longer tenable in an era of vast increases in human population? Professor Conly rejects unlimited procreation rights and defends a one child per family limit as a moral imperative and perhaps as a legal requirement. This very fine book is clearly written, thorough in its treatment of the issues, and very fair to the opposing views.

Peter Murphy, Metapsychology ...this is a well-crafted book on a very important topic... It is probably laypersons and undergraduate students who will benefit the most from reading this book.

Sarah Conly is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin College and the author of Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism (2012).

Chapter I: The Problem ; Chapter II: The Right to Have Children-Part One ; Chapter III: The Right to Have Children-Part Two ; Chapter IV: Sanctions ; Chapter V: The Future ; Chapter VI: Unexpected Consequences ; Chapter VII: Conclusion: What and When ; Index