- Format
- Inbunden (Hardback)
- Språk
- Engelska
- Antal sidor
- 280
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2016-01-07
- Förlag
- OUP USA
- Illustrationer
- Black & white illustrations
- Dimensioner
- 211 x 147 x 25 mm
- Vikt
- Antal komponenter
- 1
- Komponenter
- 47:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam
- ISBN
- 9780190243708
- 409 g
The Risk of a Lifetime
How, When, and Why Procreation May Be Permissible
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Risk of a Lifetime
Rivka Weinberg
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. Rivka Wei...
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Silviya Aleksandrova-Yankulovska, Medical University of Pleven, Teorethical Medicine and Bioethics This book will certainly appeal to a wide audience. Each of the six chapters can be read on its own, independent from the others...the reader will certainly not be disappointed by her novel perspective on procreation.
Silviya Aleksandrova-Yankulovska, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics The reader will certainly not be disappointed by her novel perspective on procreation.
George W. Rainbolt, Australasian Journal of Philosophy This is an intereting and useful book
Sarah Conly, Journal of Moral Philosophy Those who follow the field will no doubt find these wide-ranging discussions fruitful
David A. Jensen, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online a well-argued, insightful, and lively discussion of the issues surrounding this underappreciated topic.
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Rivka Weinberg is Professor of Philosophy at Scripps College, Claremont. She received her PhD. in philosophy from the University of Michigan. As a philosopher and bioethicist, Weinberg specializes in ethical and metaphysical issues regarding birth and death.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Imposing Existence: A Weighty and Enigmatic Title for a Weighty and Enigmatic Topic ; 2. Who Is the Parent? ; 3. Is Procreation (Almost) Always Right? ; 4. Is Procreation (Almost) Always Wrong? ; 5. The Principles of Procreative Permissibility ; 6. Procreative Principles in the Real World ; Conclusion ; Index